Ian Sansom

A hero to worship

Jordi Puntí’s stunning tribute will captivate football aficionados as well as fans of fine writing

issue 08 December 2018

If you don’t know who Lionel Messi is you won’t enjoy this book much. If you do, you probably will. But if you know who Messi is and you’ve got at least a 2:1 in English, comp. lit. or similar, you are going to absolutely love it. This is definitely one for the football aficionado as well as for fans of fine writing.

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