| #520390 in Books | 2011-06-07 | 2011-06-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.20 x.92 x5.50l,.75 | File type: PDF | 416 pages||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| A joy to read|By Nate C-K|Overtly, this book is two stories spun into a single narrative:
- A general overview of the culture of basketball in the Philippines. - The story of a single season ("conference") where the author follows a pro basketball team, the Alaska Aces, through their successes and struggles on and off the court.
However, perhaps the m||"Wonderfully written and conceived: a white man walks the earth with a basketball and discovers a society so colorful it almost sounds make-believe. This book is more than a front row seat to a body-twisting, triple-clutching, no-look passing basketball world
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 ge...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball | Rafe Bartholomew. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
