The Agony & the Ecstasy: New Writing for the World Cup

An anthology of 24 stories & essays, the vast majority of them centered around the occasions of the World Cups in football (soccer) held or to be held in various years (1934-2010).

• First edition (not explicitly stated) of this anthology of 24 stories & essays, the vast majority of them centered around the occasions of the World Cups in football (soccer) held or to be held in various years (1934-2010).
• Only the items of speculative character or by authors above the genre threshold are indexed for this entry.
• The copyright of the compilation is assigned for the year 1998 to the editor.
• The copyrights of the respective content items are assigned for the year 1998 to their authors on page 311.
• Note that it is "The Agony and the Ecstasy" on the cover and on the spine but "The Agony & the Ecstasy" on the title page.
• The pieces are organised in two departments, 'The Agony' (pages 11-159) and 'The Ecstasy' (pp. 161-303).
• Content not indexed for this entry appears on pages 13-44, 63-75, 89-129, 137-142, 201-253, and 265-311.
• First printing according to the complete no. line on the copyright page.
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• There are eight unpaginated pages preceding page 1. A dedication appears on the fifth of those and the table of contents on the seventh & eighth of them.
• The cover photo is not credited; the price is stated on the back cover.