May 31, 2022

Interview with Oliver Callan on Ryan Tubridy Show

I really enjoyed my interview with Oliver Callan on the Ryan Tubridy Show about The Game.   Oliver, producer Jack Murphy and everyone at Cork RTÉ studios couldn’t have been more professional and nicer.   You can listen back to it here (18 minutes). 

Review in The Irish Times

This review of The Game in The Irish Times by Rory Kiberd blew me away.  An extract: “This multi-faceted book ponders how sport teaches us about our own limitations, how winning is foundational on losing, losers being in far greater supply than winners; how defeats and victories are ephemeral. All lessons essential to life. Indeed, sport is like a more concentrated version of life, a microcosmic intensification of its vagaries. So, it’s fitting then that this book transcends its remit. It’s an enquiry into the philosophy of sport with universal application. Even people who’ve never kicked a ball or roared in triumph in the stands will love this. My absorption never faltered.” Full review here.