When his old coach dies, high school football star Neely Crenshaw returns to his hometown after fifteen years, reunites with his former teammates, and struggles to resolve his mixed feelings about the man.
From the best-selling author of The Painted House, The Pelican Brief, and The Firm comes a nostalgic novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion. Reprint.
Having spent a summer of observation in the famous Wrigley Field bleachers, the author chronicles the ways and antics of devoted baseball fans, young and old, in a tribute to the American institution of basbeall
Now, as Coach Rake’s “boys” sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake – or ...
As Neely struggles to come to terms with his explosive relationship with the coach and the choices he made as a young man, the stakes have never been higher. . . ________________________________________ 'A master at the art of deft ...
Presents a novel about high school football in a small Texas town, a place in which football has become a religion.