Bench Press
by Sven Lindqvist
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From the author of Exterminate All the Brutes and A History of Bombing comes this entertaining look at the sometimes bizarre history of bodybuildingTags
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prezzey Writers talk about the place of sports in their lives. I personally prefer Bench Press, but if you're interested in the topic, both are worth reading.
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36+ Works 2,006 Members
Sven Lindqvist was born in Stockholm, Sweden on March 28, 1932. He wrote for the newspaper Dagens Nyheter before becoming a cultural attaché to the Swedish embassy in Beijing. He received a Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 1966. He wrote more than 30 books including A Proposal, Advertising Is Lethal, The Myth of Wu Tao-tzu, The Shadow, Land and show more Power in South America, Diary of a Lover, Diary of a Married Man, Bench Press, Desert Divers, Exterminate All the Brutes, Terra Nullius: A Journey Through No One's Land, and A History of Bombing. In 2012, he received the Lenin Prize. He died on May 14, 2019 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1988
Classifications
- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 839.78 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish miscellany
- LCC
- GV546.5 .L52 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Physical education and training Gymnastics. Gymnastic exercises
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- Members
- 58
- Popularity
- 528,761
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- Languages
- English, Italian, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 1
