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<p>Now available for ordering and/or free download…<br>
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<b>Kicks, Spits, and Headers. The Autobiographical Reflections of
an Accidental Footballer </b><br>
Paolo Sollier<br>
Preface by Sandro Mezzadra<br>
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<i>Kicks, Spits, and Headers</i> documents two years of football
by a self-proclaimed accidental footballer. Coming of age during
the student and worker revolt of the 1960s-1970s, the Italian ‘hot
autumn,’ Paolo Sollier brought these countercultural energies and
Marxist politics on to the football pitch, inadvertently becoming
an icon along the way. Here he describes, in lucid and humorous
prose, the challenges of trying make sense of and balance the
tensions and contradictions between being a professional
footballer and a political militant.<br>
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“A classic of radical football literature, finally available in
English. This is a real treat that must not be missed. – Gabriel
Kuhn, author of <i>Soccer vs. the State: Tackling Football and
Radical Politics</i><br>
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“Reading Kicks, Spits, and Headers today allows readers to explore
from a specific viewpoint the landscape of politics and football
in the turbulent 1970s in Italy. It also delivers us the
fragmentary contours of a project that deserves to be translated
onto the conditions of our present.” – Sandro Mezzadra, from the
Preface<br>
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Bio: Paolo Sollier was a professional footballer in the 1970s,
then manager in the amateur leagues. He is author of the
bestseller <i>Calci, Sputi e Colpi di Testa</i>, first published
in 1976 and here translated into English for the first time. <br>
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PDF available freely online:
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Ordering Information: Available direct from Minor Compositions
site.<br>
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