The Underdog: Seeking the Meaning of Life in the World's Most Outlandish Competitions
- ISBN-10
- 034547659X
- ISBN-13
- 9780345476593
- Series
- The Underdog
- Category
- Contests
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Villard Books
- Author
- Joshua Davis
Description
A young journalist analyzes humankind's obsession with competition and the offbeat subcultures that encourage it as, in order to prove something to his wife, he takes part in a variety of offbeat events, including the U.S. Armwrestling Championships, Japanese sumo wrestling, Spanish bullfighting, Italian backward walking races, and a Scandinavian sauna contest. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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- 2005-09-06
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