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You don't have to be interested in football to appreciate [Greatest of All Time] for it's less about sport than it is about passion. Passion for a club and passion for another person . . . A novel that hits the back of the net. -- John Boyne, author of THE HEART'S INVISIBLE FURIES and THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS A charming and tender look at love and the beautiful game. -- Eliza Clark, author of BOY PARTS, PENANCE and SHE'S ALWAYS HUNGRY A raw and propulsive book about love, football, and the pleasures and frustrations of the body. -- Lara Williams, author of THE ODYSSEY Call Me by Your Name meets Goal! An exploration of obsession, identity and belonging which sheds light on the hidden stories that must unfold within the world of our beautiful game. -- Bruce Omar Yates, author of THE MUSLIM COWBOY Efficiently portrays closeted desire simmering amid the dressing room's brittle laddishness . . . There's an impressive range of themes folded into the action, with a number of vivid scenes. Sincere and sharply observed. * Daily Mail * Hypnotically compelling, tender, bleak, beautiful and perturbing, often all at the same time. Alex Allison has such a strong voice and is such a remarkable talent. I hope to be reading his work for many years to come. -- Naomi Ishiguro, author of COMMON GROUND A brave and beautiful book . . . Delicate, devastating, brilliant - I loved it. -- Ashley Hickson-Lovence, author of YOUR SHOW and WILD EAST Compelling . . . A gentle reminder of what we allow ourselves to suffer in the name of love when we're young and don't know any better. -- Justin Myers, author of THE LAST ROMEO and THE GLORIOUS DEAD Greatest of All Time is . . . much more concerned with what passes by unnoticed and is forced to exist in the shadows . . . Turning the grand narrative of global sport into something smaller and more humane. * Guardian *

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Alex Allison (b. 1991) lives and works in London. Alex is a graduate of the Centre for New Writing MA at University of Manchester. His debut novel, The Art of the Body, was published in 2019. It won a Somerset Maugham Award and was longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize. Alex is a fan and co-owner of AFC Wimbledon.

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