

What Are the Olympics For?
Author: Jules Boykoff
Series: What Is It For?
Narrator: John Chancer
Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Published: 05/28/2024
Author: Jules Boykoff
Series: What Is It For?
Narrator: John Chancer
Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Published: 05/28/2024
Pretty easy read. There are some novel ideas and interesting viewpoints but the author had little quality control and just compiled any anti-Olympic story or quote with little analysis or connection. There were a lot of reaches as well, such as the mention that the London Olympics displaced 1,000 pe......more
3.5 A good overview of many issues and controversies surrounding the Olympics. Boykoff covers a lot of ground in just 123 pages, so it’s a fairly surface level introduction to each issue, and I’d view this book as a good jumping off point to further reading on the topic. Reads like an essay, culmina......more
Read this on my walk home and couldn’t put it down? Very surprised there are not many reviews? Writing style is a little corny but that’s my only qualm. Very obviously well researched and very succinct. Loved how tied together everything was. Great short read!......more