Match Fixer - Couverture souple

Humphreys, Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9814276294 ISBN 13 : 9789814276290

Editeur : Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

Match Fixer takes place inside the murky underbelly of Asian Football. The so-called squeaky clean city-state of Singapore plays host to betting syndicates which have for decades fed off the insatiable illegal gambling habits of the local population and in the process made a select few bookies very rich and far too powerful. Neil Humpreys, a former Football correspondent for the national Singapore press, lifts the lid off a previously unexplored - but very real - subject. In his debut novel, corruption is destroying the Beautiful Game in Asia and has spread its tentacles into the UK via spread betting cartels that have already knocked out floodlights and caused chaos in the English Premier League. Against such a background, former West Ham United apprentice striker Chris Osborne arrives in Singapore for a final roll of the dice to get his once promising career back on track. However not even a boyhood spent growing up in the East End prepares him for the crooked shenanigans, bloated former British footballing jetsam and the underground party and drugs scene that welcomes him to life in paradise.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

In 1996, Neil Humphreys turned down a chance to become Dagenham s answer to Nick Leeson. The young Brit rejected a London stockbroker s lucrative offer to train as a floor trader and decided to travel the world instead. He ended up in Singapore and settled down to a career in sports journalism. During his time spent in Singapore, Neil became the best-selling author of four books which went on to sell over 100,000 copies and establish him as one of the most respected Asian social commentators. Neil now lives in Australia and writes full time, contributing articles to Arena, The Straits Times, West Ham United's EX magazine and a host of other magazines and newspapers in Singapore and Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9814276294
• ISBN 13: 9789814276290
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible