A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals!

A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals!

After 20 years of living in Italy, Tim parks, whom Joseph Brodsky has called the best British author working today, spent a full year following the fortunes--and misfortunes--of the Verona football--o…

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