Keeper

It's a 1001 book and I found an ebook of it available—there's no other reason I decided to read it today. I knew it was about soccer, and I honestly can't think of something I like to read about less than sports.

But it is a 1001 book. And it was available today. And it is short. So I plunged in.

And...I liked it. I liked it a lot.

It's the story of a boy who lives with his family in the South American jungle who learns how to play soccer from a mysterious figure in the wild. The boy is good, so good that he is recruited to play pro soccer and eventually wins the World Cup. This book is an interview between the boy, now thirty, and a sports reporter.

I found myself (me, a person who knows almost nothing about soccer) fascinated with the story of the boy, his family, soccer, the mysterious coach. I can't wait to share it with a person out there who actually likes sports (!)