Thanks to my friend Martin, I bumped into this exciting book by Rafe Bartholomew, Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball. This is a great piece, not only of sports writing, but also into the role of a sport in the culture, politics and history of a country.
For someone as baffled as I am why basketball is super popular in the Philippines (and I'm a Filipino!) this book is a must have!
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