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Andrew Jennings' 2006 book on FIFA is selling for crazy prices

Andrew Jennings' 2006 book on FIFA is selling for crazy prices on the secondary market
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Last week's indictments of 14 participants in various FIFA corruption has apparently made soccer's corporate misbehavior a hot topic.

Just check out the prices for Scottish investigative reporter Andrew Jennings' 2006 book, Foul!: The Secret World of Fifa: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals. As of 11:20 a.m. Wednesday, Amazon had three listings for the paperback book: Two new copies at $1,496.01 and $2,093.11 respectively and one used copy at—are you ready?—$3,783.61.

If you're not willing to spend that much for a nine-year-old book, there is a hardcover available for "only" $470.70.

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Jennings' book has been credited with blowing the lid off FIFA corruption and eventually leading to last week's indictments and the resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

- Alex Putterman