The Agony & the Ecstasy: New Writing for the World Cup

Overview:

  • Title: The Agony & the Ecstasy: New Writing for the World Cup
  • Author: Nicholas Royle
  • Year: 1998
  • ISBN-10: 0340712414
  • Publisher: Sceptre
  • Price: £6.99
  • Pages: 311
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: As Seen on Radio
  • Notes:
    • First edition (not explicitly stated) of this anthology of 24 stories & essays, the vast majority of them centered around the occasions of the World Cups in football (soccer) held or to be held in various years (1934-2010).
    • Only the items of speculative character or by authors above the genre threshold are indexed for this entry.
    • The copyright of the compilation is assigned for the year 1998 to the editor.
    • The copyrights of the respective content items are assigned for the year 1998 to their authors on page 311.
    • Note that it is "The Agony and the Ecstasy" on the cover and on the spine but "The Agony & the Ecstasy" on the title page.
    • The pieces are organised in two departments, 'The Agony' (pages 11-159) and 'The Ecstasy' (pp. 161-303).
    • Content not indexed for this entry appears on pages 13-44, 63-75, 89-129, 137-142, 201-253, and 265-311.
    • First printing according to the complete no. line on the copyright page.
    • Day of publication from Amazon.co.uk.
    • There are eight unpaginated pages preceding page 1. A dedication appears on the fifth of those and the table of contents on the seventh & eighth of them.
    • The cover photo is not credited; the price is stated on the back cover.