Engulfed
How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World
$34.76
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
22 July 2025
Summary
In 2034, Saudi Arabia will host the men’s FIFA World Cup and mark the culmination of Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious plan to modernise Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of unfathomable wealth at the heart of the Islamic world, which is only now emerging from nearly a century of self-isolation. How did we get here? Why would a country spend tens of billions of dollars, perhaps even hundreds of billions in the long run, to buy and control sport?
Engulfed is a story about ambition, family…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785121623 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785121626 |
| Author: | James Montague |
| Publisher: | Bonnier Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | BLINK Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 22 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 46mm x 160mm x 233mm |
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‘Bravura on the ground reporting’
David Goldblatt, award-winning author of The Ball is Round
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James Montague
James Montague is an award-winning author and journalist from Chelmsford, Essex, who has reported regularly for the New York Times, BBC World Service, The Athletic, CNN, and Delayed Gratification, amongst others, from over 100 different countries and unrecognised territories. He is the author of four highly praised football books including Thirty One Nil: On the Road With Football’s Outsiders (Bloomsbury) and The Billionaires Club: The Unstoppable Rise of Football’s Super-Rich Owners (Bloomsbury) both of which won Football Book of the Year at the British Sports Book of the Year Awards. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages. He lives in Istanbul.
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