The Whore of Akron: One Man's Search for the Soul of Lebron James - Brossura

Raab, Scott

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ISBN 10: 0062066374 ISBN 13: 9780062066374

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2012

Riassunto

Revealing the “manchild” behind the legend who made a bold career move, this candid look at LeBron James, who, both a hero and villain, is one of the most influential--and controversial--athletes since Tiger Woods. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A powerful storyteller in full command of his game...wonderfully immoderate.” (New York Times)

“There is more passion, anger and sublime writing in Scott Raab’s The Whore of Akron than any 50 other books you’ll read this (or any other year) combined.” (New York Post)

“The book is both poem and polemic, a lyrical inventory of rage and appetite and loss.” (Jeff MacGregor, ESPN.com )

“[A] pleasure to read. Raab is an inspired, energetic writer. . . . . The Whore of Akron is a poignant exploration of sports fandom. It’s insane. . . . . And it’s also redeeming. . . . . After reading The Whore of Akron, you’ll be hard pressed to think sports don’t matter.” (Time)

“[The Whore of Akron] is very funny. It is also wise...If you’ve a taste for the sort of overstatement Raab shares with the late, great Hunter S. Thompson, this is perhaps the sports book for you. Keep it on a shelf the kids can’t reach.” (NPR)

“A (very heated) Fan’s Notes. . . . . Rollicking and profane. . . . . Raab’s sustained attack on James is diverting, [but] it is the author’s self-portrait of a man and a fan of serious extremes, one who loves his wife and son as fiercely as he hates most of the rest of the world, that engrosses.” (Sports Illustrated)

“[A] splenetic wonder...For all of its rousing, air-clearing invective, The Whore of Akron is strangely celebratory, making a particuclarly Jewish-American case for family and place, and for waiting and hoping past the point of reason.” (Will Blythe, New York Magazine)

“In pursuing James pre- and post-‘Decision’ . . . . the author never does complete the subtitle’s mission to find James’ soul. Instead, Raab . . . . discovers his own. And, in some twisted sense, maybe ours, too.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

“The Whore of Akron is hilarious, heartfelt and wincingly honest. This is the best kind of book, one that surprises.” (Buzz Bissinger )

“With all due respect to Frederick Exley, Scott Raab has just written the smartest, funniest, most passionate, loving, hateful, bathetic, honest, and deeply personal sports jeremiad slash memoir of our time...The Whore of Akron is about a basketball player the way Moby-Dick is about a whale.” (Stefan Fatsis, author of Wordfreak and A Few Seconds of Panic)

L'autore:

Scott Raab, a writer-at-large for Esquire since 1997, is a graduate of Cleveland State University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His work has been widely anthologized, including in The Best American Sports Writing. Born and bred in Cleveland, he now lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. This is his first book.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062066374
• ISBN 13: 9780062066374
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 302