- Published: 20 November 2014
- ISBN: 9781473521421
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
O, Louis
In Search of Louis van Gaal
- Published: 20 November 2014
- ISBN: 9781473521421
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
With O, Louis Hugo Borst once again proves that he is one of the best sports writers of the Netherlands, although the adjective ‘sports’ can just as easily be left out
nu.nl
A splendid document, in which Borst describes his search for the ‘Total Human Being’ Van Gaal in a honest, open-hearted and vulnerable way
Friesch Dagblad
One of the best football writers I have ever read
Simon Kuper
Funny, passionate, probably honest, and a bit of a winger with the words. The final World Cup chapters are glorious. I’ve read excellent books about football before but never one that I found unsettling
Roddy Doyle, Guardian
It’s a keen insight into a larger-than-life personality
Sport
A lively study of a potent force in football
William Leith, 4 stars, Evening Standard
A hugely entertaining free-form biography
Richard Williams, Guardian
An engrossing read
Richard Fitzpatrick, Irish Examiner
Part biography and part internal monologue, it is genuinely hilarious – and does not lack the odd piercing insight
John Bew, New Statesman
A supreme example of how sportswriting can capture the cultural and the social at its best without any negative impact on its ability to reach and engage with a mass audience
Mark Perryman, Left Futures
One of the more entertaining football tomes to be published in recent times.
Barry Glendenning, Guardian