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    An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport
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    An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport

    Written by Kenny Mayne

    Narrated by David Drummond

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    About this audiobook

    Painstakingly faithful to its title, Kenny Mayne's book is neither complete nor is it particularly accurate. Ostensibly an A-to-Z encyclopedia of all known sports, many sports are never mentioned. There's not a word about rugby, volleyball, roller derby, swimming, or (shockingly) Basque pelota or shinty. There is a chapter about sliding, but none about skiing. Competitive eating and rhythmic gymnastics will have to wait for another book. However, there are roughly eight chapters about tackle football-"the greatest sport in the world, and everyone knows it"-and a good four or five about horse racing, so quit complaining before you've even heard the book. There will be plenty of time for complaining after you've finished it.



    Those sports that are covered in the book are examined with exhaustive inattention to unretained detail. Many chapters have nothing to do with sports. For instance, the chapter on hunting is about hunting for a hassle-free, triple-tall Americano, light on the water.



    So, then, what exactly is An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport? Part nostalgic memoir (like the summer Mark Sansaver hit 843 home runs in backyard Wiffle ball), part Dave Barry-esque riffs (like explaining bocce to non-Italians), part scholarly tract (it includes the origins of tackle football), and part metafiction (see "Time-outs"), it is what Kenny calls his anti-coffee-table book.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Audio
    Release dateJun 30, 2008
    ISBN9781400177530
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      The only reason I didn't rate this 5-stars is because it seems to me that 5-stars should be reserved for something quite a bit more substantial than this. Absolutely laugh-out-loud funny, I stopped reading a few times just so I could start breathing again. I won't spoil it for you but the chapter on fishing is worth the price of the book.