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    Deriving pleasure from pain

    By Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger

    Tuesday, May 13, 2008

    Lately, the nice guy manning Soccernet's newsdesk has forwarded innumerable e-mails to me. And, er, both of them wondered why I went incommunicado in February. Well, part of the reason is that I have published another book in this country and was forced to bring a low- scale PR tour into line with my day job. (Excuse the cheap plug.) Anyway, the final week of the Bundesliga season, not to mention Whitsun, seems to be a good time to return from the dead. It's also an occasion to reflect on th ...

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