By following their soccer team's quest to qualify for the World Cup, Charlie Connelly attempts to gain a handle on Liechenstein, Europe's smallest country. He learns that although the country was mainly a creation of one man (a Swiss Prince whose name the country took) the people are very proud of their tiny nation. He meets a man married to an eagle, the current prince of the nation and the winemaker who also plays for the national soccer team.
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Despite not knowing anything about the country when he first started, the warmth of the people and the bravery of the soccer team in matches against nations a hundred times as big leaves Connelly feeling like an honourary Liechensteiner by the end.
The review of this Book prepared by Alex Wolstenholme
