Chasing Impossible Dreams: An Odyssey in International Sport

by Jim Holt

"Chasing Impossible Dreams" is an extraordinary saga of inspiring and (often) hilarious efforts to change the world through sport....Jim Holt has transcended venality, corruption, and oft non-sensical institutional and bureaucratic resistance in a manner which ultimately affects the lives of those with whom he comes in contact. In short, it is a manifesto for self-determination, individual achievement, and a refusal to capitulate to the tides of conformity which threaten us all....

242 pages, Paperback

Published November 30, 2009

About the author

Jim Holt is a longtime contributor to the New Yorker -- where he has written on string theory, time, infinity, numbers, truth, and bullshit, among other subjects -- and the author of Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes. He is also a frequent contributor to the New York Times and the London Review of Books. He lives in Greenwich Village.