Engulfed

How Saudi Arabia Bought Sport, and the World: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE AND SPORTS BOOKS AWARDS

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*INCLUDES NEW ADDITIONAL CONTENT*<br><br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2026<br>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025<br>'Bravura on the ground reporting' - David Goldblatt, award-winning author of The Ball is Round<br><br>'This is an important book' - Simon Kuper, bestselling author of Soccernomics, Chums and Barça<br><br>'Compelling' - The Times<br><br>'A subtle examination of the complex interplay between global ambition, economic power, and ethical considerations' - MoneyWeek<br><br>'A comprehensive and shocking account' - When Saturday Comes<br>_________<br><br>In 2034, Saudi Arabia will host the men's FIFA World Cup and mark the culmination of Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious plan to modernise Saudi Arabia, a kingdom of unfathomable wealth at the heart of the Islamic world, which is only now emerging from nearly a century of self-isolation. How did we get here? Why would a country spend tens of billions of dollars, perhaps even hundreds of billions in the long run, to buy and control sport?<br><br>Engulfed is a story about ambition, family rivalries, extreme wealth, power, murder and disinformation. It is also the story of dictatorship, political corruption and, at its root, how sport - football, yes, but also golf, boxing and even e-sports - became a vital geopolitical tool for Saudi Arabia.<br><br>Drawing on Montague's exclusive first-hand interviews from his extensive travels across Saudi Arabia, the US, the north-east of England, Spain, Turkey and beyond, Engulfed uncovers how the House of Saud zeroed in on the political power of sport, using it both as a powerful political tool of influence and as a way to rectify the PR damage caused by one of the most infamous assassinations in history: the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781785121616

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

129 x 198 x 24 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Bonnier Books Ltd