Combining a thorough knowledge of Attic drama, fluency with the scholarly literature, and an engaging wit, Critchley's treatment is sophisticated yet accessible to thoughtful general readers. [See Prepub Alert, 10/22/18.]
Some readers may be disappointed in Critchley's application of philosophical thought to soccer; however, many will delight in the beauty of soccer as art and life.
Utterly readable, swiftly entertaining, and at moments blackly funny, though overall there's great poignancy in the character's cock-eyed determination to reach his goal; not a standard narrative but within any reader's reach.