The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro

From Joe McGinniss, one of our greatest storytellers, comes the extraordinary true drama of success against all odds - and the inevitable comedy of human foibles. Castel Di Sangro is a tiny town in the Abruzzo region of Italy, whose soccer team became an international sensation by winning promotion to the highest levels of national competition. For the team from this tiny village to be playing against the teams of Genoa and Venice was more than a dream come true - it was inconceivable. But truth can be stranger than dreams, as Joe McGinniss discovered when he arrived in Castel Di Sangro. A recent convert to soccer, he wanted to experience life in a town turned upside down by the game. What he found was a cavalcade of euphoria, betrayal, grief, and euphoria again - an entire town living in an emotional frenzy unlike anything since the local battle of World War II. McGinniss lost himself totally to the team - a boisterous collection of characters the reader will grow to love - and found a story whose depth and power enthralled him. Like Field of Dreams and Chariots of Fire, this is a masterpiece of storytelling that transcends sports to embrace universal human emotions.