Gazza Italia

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Gazza Italia

Ian Hamilton

Granta Books in association with Penguin Books, c1994

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Description

By 1990 Paul Gascoigne was an athlete of promise. He had his distinctive features: he was gifted and entertaining and a bit of a joker - one of the lads. But, apart from a few million English males, who knew about him really? After the summer of 1990 when England lost to Germany in the World Cup, Paul Gascoigne, owner of the blubbery, wet, wrinkled face witnessed by the world, had become Gazza, as famous as anyone can be. Poet and biographer Ian Hamilton is a Tottenham Hotspur supporter - and a Gazza fan. His account tells of a player's life and a fan's obsession, of a sports celebrity and the need to have one. Above all it is Gazza's story, of a man on show, in the press, in distress; a man more sinned against than sinning.

Table of Contents

  • Newcastle
  • Tottenham
  • World Cup hero
  • don't cry for Gazza
  • actively portly
  • finally fit
  • "il commento Gastrico"
  • portly again?

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Details

  • NCID
    BA23369863
  • ISBN
    • 0140140735
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    188 p., [12] p. of plates
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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