- Social aspects, Olympics, Olympic Games (17th : 1960 : Rome, Italy), Political aspects
Author Maraniss weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Olympics. Along with the unforgettable characters and dramatic contests, there was a deeper meaning to those days at the dawn of the sixties.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- David Maraniss
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Audio, Thorndike Press, Simon & Schuster
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780743572712
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- Social aspects
- Olympics
- Olympic Games (17th : 1960 : Rome, Italy)
- Political aspects
- Cold War
- New York Times bestseller
- New York Times reviewed
- Olympic Games (17th : 1960 : Rome, Italy) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88172480
- Olympic Games (17th : 1960 : Rome, Italy) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88172480 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n88172480
David Maraniss is an American journalist and author, currently serving as an associate-editor for The Washington Post. - Wikipedia
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