{"product_id":"the-intangibles-nick-paumgarten-9781529423860","title":"The Intangibles","description":"'One of the best books I've read this year, or any other' David Grann'Just ridiculously good . . . I did not want it to end' William FinneganThe Intangibles is Paumgarten's memoir told through the odd but vivid lens of hockey. Not a book about hockey, really, but one in which a lifetime of obsessively hanging around the game provides a vivid and sneaky-exotic window into a cultish world that hides in plain sight.    The Intangibles is also a timely, sharp, and witty exploration of masculinity, of boys and men, sons and fathers, of both the toxic and non-toxic kinds. And a deep, questioning look at, and finally a celebration of, a certain world of male friendship, in which sport - or the dreams of sport - becomes the lingua franca for a group of men with all their faults and hopes. Paumgarten's memoir both explores and undermines some of the mythologies of manhood and sport, while creating a fresh, rich, and honest portrait of men at play - the kind of male play of such outsized importance that it defies logic, age, orthopaedics, and the responsibilities of grown-up life.    Though he rarely plays anymore, Paumgarten still cherishes the game of hockey. In many respects, The Intangibles is a love letter to the game, and a razor-sharp, original, and mordant anthropology of its participants and their earnest strivings by one of our finest writers.","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68210645008672,"sku":"9781529423860","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781529423860_3123244.jpg?v=1794258688","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/the-intangibles-nick-paumgarten-9781529423860","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}