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Christopher Hylland

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in Oslo, Norway

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Christopher Hylland is the author of the football-travelogue "Tears At La Bombonera: Stories from a SIx-Year Sojourn in South America", his first book. The follow-up, "Dame Bola: A Journey Through The Language Of Argentinian Football" will be released in 2024.

After six years in South America and 20 years in the UK, Hylland now lives in Oslo, Norway. ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 283 ratings · 35 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America 4.31 avg rating — 260 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dame Bola: A Journey Through the Language of Argentinian Football 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tears at La Bombonera: Stories from a Six-Year Sojourn in South America 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly Issue 57 by Jonathan Wilson (Editor ), Uroš Jovičić, Gisle Thorsen 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ball24: alt du bør huske fra fotball i 2024 by Kasper Wikestad, Aleksander Schau, Petter Veland 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ball 25: alt du bør huske fra fotball i 2025 by Kasper Wikestad, Petter Veland, Simen V. Gonsholt 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Braiding Sweetgrass

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Hip Hop America

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The Book of English Magic

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