More Than a ShirtSHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST SPORTS WRITING OF THE YEAR AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A GUARDIAN SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A marvellous football book, although it is much more than that' The Times 'More Than A Shirt shows why geopolitics keeps invading the pitch' The Economist 'D'Urso's simple conceit offers a sparklingly fresh snapshot' The Guardian Compelling and eye opening,

and firsthand descriptions

everyday evilgenius/inventor/bank robber

lobsters answer the phone and donkeys tap out the rhythm on baby grands

the end of their rendezvous comes into focus

Britain has declared war on Germany

We are told constantly to be repulsed by our own bodies

lakes and meadows that are blocked from public access

to immigration from Pakistan

from their earliest development and their co-existence with the great lizards to their emergence out of the shadows to dominance of the recent history of our planet

Strasbourg

has invested millions in classified programs that study the role of mental telepathy

career change and times of heightened emotions or anxiety