Book Club Claire on "Munich 1972"

Book Club Claire is back! We discuss our latest pick, Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games by David Clay Large. The book covers the hostage crisis as well as triumphs of the Games (notably in the swimming pool) and controversies (the men's basketball gold medal game)

 

Our next Book Club selection is The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen. Perhaps the winner of the longest subtitle this year, this is a brand-new book—it came out just this week!  Also check out Listener Nicholas' blog Olympic Rings and Other Things -- he's got a great post on it!

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Even though Tokyo agreed to move the marathon and race walking events to Sapporo, the saga is far from over. We've got the latest installment of this maranovela, which still doesn't answer the question of who's going to pay for all of this.

 

Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!

 

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