When: Monday, April 8, 2024 - Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 6:30 PM - 2:23 PMWhere: online event
Speaker: With Jordi Puntí, author
Join us to celebrate one of the best footballers in the world, with a writer who has followed his career in close-up.
Jordi Puntí is not just a well-known Catalan author, translator and journalist, but also a Messi obsessive. When his book on the former star player of Barcelona FC was published in English, the reaction in the press was unanimous:"Jordi Punti's stunning tribute to Lionel Messi will captivate football aficionados as well as fans of fine writing." (Ian Sansom, ‘Spectator’)"An eloquent celebration that can remind us of the thrill of a close encounter with a player whose skills have often led him to be described as 'alien'." (David Horspool, ‘Times Literary Supplement’)We are delighted to be hosting Jordi for a discussion of his book, some assessment of Messi, and also the odd anecdote you will probably never have heard before.