So Close by Patrick Mangan - ISBN: 9780733630248
Paperback
Heartbreak, humour, and near-misses: celebrating the almost-victorious in sport.

So Close

Bravest, craziest, unluckiest defeats in Aussie sport

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    30 July 2013

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Summary

Typically, there’s only one way to win — by being the best. But there are countless ways of having victory snatched from your grasp. Remember Pat Rafter’s 2001 Wimbledon final against the enigmatic Goran Ivanisevic. Think of Allan Border and Jeff Thomson’s titanic last-wicket partnership against England in 1982 that nearly won one of the closest-fought Tests ever.

Look no further than Australian walker Jane Saville, only a few hundred metres from a gold medal at Sydney 2000 when she w…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780733630248
ISBN-10:0733630243
Author:Patrick Mangan
Publisher:Hachette Australia
Imprint:Hachette Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:30 July 2013
Weight:386g
Dimensions:25mm x 156mm x 234mm
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So Close by Patrick Mangan - ISBN: 9780733630248
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About The Author

Patrick Mangan

Patrick Mangan is a former soccer reporter for The Age and The Sunday Age and author of OFFSIDER: HOW A SCRAWNY POMMY KID LEARNED TO LOVE THE SOCCEROOS, published in 2010 by Melbourne University Press. He has contributed about sport to The Guardian, Inside Sport, the Qantas in-flight magazine and BBC Radio, among other media outlets. He is currently working as a Senior Editor at Random House and lives in Sydney.

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