{"product_id":"pacific-rims-beermen-ballin-in-flip-flops-and-the-philippines-unlikely-love-affair-with-basketball-paperback-1","title":"Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRafe Bartholomew\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young man's journey through the Philippines' most unlikely obsession: basketball. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePacific Rims\u003c\/i\u003e, Rafe Bartholemew, journalist, New Yorker, and veteran baller, ventures through the Philippines to investigate the country's love of basketball. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From street corners where diehards fashion hoops out of old car parts to the professional league where politicians exploit team loyalties to win elections, \u003ci\u003ePacific Rims\u003c\/i\u003e gets the story-and gets in the game.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRafe Bartholomew\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePacific Rims: Beermen Ballin' in Flip-Flops and the Philippines' Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e. For more than four years, Bartholomew worked at the ESPN website Grantland.com as a senior editor. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing\u003c\/i\u003e 2007. He currently lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.13 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47685268734173,"sku":"9780451233226","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/LVeM4lwxiE9780451233226_f78e1a3a-65e9-4525-8297-847bb727910a.webp?v=1774008159","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/pacific-rims-beermen-ballin-in-flip-flops-and-the-philippines-unlikely-love-affair-with-basketball-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}