Simon Kuper

Simon Kuper is the author of Soccer Against the Enemy (Nation Books). He writes for the Financial Times and lives in Paris.

World Cup: Party On

July 10, 2006

If there is any message to be gleaned from the World Cup, it is that soccer has finally shed its freight of machismo and anguish, attracting a global audience of fans who simply want to have fun.

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