Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball

by Rafe Bartholomew

Book Overview

Hoops dreams in the Philippines-a fresh and unforgettable basketball diary of one man's journey and one nation's passion. Welcome to the Philippines, where the men are 5'4," the everyman's Air Jordans are a pair of flip-flops, and the rhythm of life is punctuated by the bouncing of a basketball... Allured by the idea of an island nation full of people who love the game as irrationally as he does, American journalist Rafe Bartholomew arrived in Manila...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451229991
• ISBN13: 9780451229991
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher