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]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050044 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050044 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Simon Kuper The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup Edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey Abacus, 399pp, £9.99 ISBN 0349119864 Calcio: a history of Italian football John Foot Fourth Estate, 565pp, £15 ISBN 0007175744 Football publishing is booming, but to write well about soccer it is not enough simply to love the game. You also have to appreciate its essential absurdity

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