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Named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Alexander Wolff's in-depth look at hoop dreams around the world is now in trade paperback.In Bhutan the king has his own hoops tutor--and basketball helped ward off a war. In Florida a three-on-three tournament draws the best schoolyard players in America. From China to New York City and beyond, the quaint little sport that James Naismith invented in 1891 has leapt over boundaries and swept across language barriers around the globe. To capture this amazing phenomenon, Alexander Wolff traveled the world and chronicled the personalities, histories, tragedies, and comedies spinning around the sport of basketball--and shows how its ferocity, power, and grace appeal to the human passions in everyone.
