Viva Colombia: A Social History of Colombian Football in Fifteen Players

Viva Colombia: A Social History of Colombian Football tells the story through 15 distinct episodes and 15 national team players.

The book covers everything from the joie de vivre of the Colombian style - personified by Carlos Valderrama - to the travails of Colombian society illustrated by the tragic murder of Andrés Escobar in the aftermath of Colombia's 1994 group-stage exit. The narrative examines how personal stories interlink with the wider history of the nation.

Despite many complexi...