{"product_id":"9781612194158","title":"Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Seller\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Powerful...an important read.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York Times bestselling author Steve Almond takes on America’s biggest sacred cow: football\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAgainst Football\u003c\/i\u003e, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia?\u003cbr\u003e• What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood—run, leap, throw, tackle—into a billion-dollar industry?\u003cbr\u003e• How did a sport that causes brain damage become such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America’s favorite game with such searing candor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041754628336,"sku":"9781612194158","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612194158_p0.jpg?v=1763844601","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612194158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}