FADA! A Season in Marseille is an inside account of Olympique de Marseille, a club inseparable from the volatile and intensely proud city it represents. Across two dramatic seasons, English journalist George Boxall traces the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi at a club constantly on the brink of brilliance and collapse. From dressing-room tensions and European nights to supporter unrest and political undercurrents, this is football lived at its most intense.But Marseille is more than chaos. It has history, identity and obsession – a place where football becomes a language through which the city understands itself. Blending first-hand reporting with cultural and historical insight, this book captures the rhythms of life in Marseille and asks a deeper question: can a club fuelled by such passion ever escape its own volatility, or is that very intensity what makes it unique?