Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affairwith Basketball

by Rafe Bartholomew

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A young man's journey through the Philippines' most unlikely obsession: basketball.

In Pacific Rims, Rafe Bartholemew, journalist, New Yorker, and veteran baller, ventures through the Philippines to investigate the country's love of basketball.

From street corners where diehards fashion hoops out of old car parts to the professional league where politicians exploit team loyalties to win elections, Pacific Rims gets the story-and gets in the game.
  • ISBN10 1101430494
  • ISBN13 9781101430491
  • Publish Date 1 June 2010
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint New American Library
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 400
  • Language English