- Football, Biography, Football players, University of Mississippi
Follows one young man from his impoverished childhood with a crack-addicted mother, through his discovery of the sport of football, to his rise to become one of the most successful, highly-paid players in the NFL.
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Michael Lewis
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 346
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton, Books on Tape, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393640601
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“From the snap of the ball to the snap of the first bone is closer to four seconds than to five.”
Michael Monroe Lewis is an American non-fiction author and financial journalist. His bestselling books include Liar's Poker, The New New Thing, Moneyball, and others. - Wikipedia
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