Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America

Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America

Tears at La Bombonera is author Christopher Hylland's six-year journey living, working, and traveling through South America—where soccer, called football, is a way of life. From Buenos Aires to Colomb…

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