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On Beckham

On Beckham

by JulieBurchill (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

    $4.42
Synopsis

No footballer has ever captured the imagination of the world as fast and as furiously as David Beckham. Julie Burchill tracks his rapid ascent from most villified man in Britain to national hero. In 1998 he made two terrible mistakes - he got a red card and he was photographed wearing a skirt. Now four years on teenage girls pine over his posters, Thai monks build shrines to him even the press who so shamefully abused him are addicted to his prescence on the field of dreams. But what does Beckham want? Is he an idiot savant, or just a fool for love? In this dazzling new book, the sharpest social commentator in Britain tackles the most stylish sportsman and - via sex, class and the celebrity culture - pins down the enigma that is David Beckham.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 144
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
Published: 07 Nov 2002
ISBN 10: 0224061925
ISBN 13: 9780224061926

Media Reviews
'The spikiest, wittiest, sharpest columnist on the block, agent provocateur Julie Burchill unmissably analyses the enigmatic phenomenon that is Becks' Hello; 'Obviously brilliant - sharp, funny and full of mischievous zest' New Statesman; 'Pocket-sized ego-wank' Loaded; 'An entertaining and infuriating book' GQ; 'Julie Burchill has caused much merriment in macho football circles by writing a homage to the England captain but this entertaining, slim volume has more fresh ideas than usual' Independent on Sunday
Author Bio
Julie Burchill was born in Bristol in 1959. She has been a journalist since the age of seventeen, and writes for the Guardian and the News of the World.