picked this up at the library on a whim there was no dustjacket so no blurb at all.
Once I started reading and realized what it was about the setting was interesting, and I briefly had hopes for it.
But after a few chapters it just didn't work for me the overall feeling was of dreariness, I'm sure I didn't give it a fair shake, but just couldn't motivate myself to persevere, Not a great book per se but a book with great lines of dialog, It's a shame Gent didn't publish more books, This is more a.i think but went with the lower one since i think it's Gent's weakest though i know it's considered highly by many readers of his and sports journalists who have made "best books" and such.
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this is a book of vignettes almost rather than an overarcing story, . . there is a storyline but it's weak and left me with an unfulfilled reading experience, . . perhaps like many athletes this novel was subject of the 'sophomore jinx' after a successful first outing, the second time doesn't come as easy and naturally.
. . but some of the sections of the book are enjoyable reading and have the grit and honesty of his first effort George Davis Peter Gent was a Michigan State University basketball player and National Football League wide receiver turned novelist.
After leaving professional football, Gent wrote several novels dealing with the sport, His first and most famous book, a semi autobiographical novel entitled North Dallas Forty, was published in, Its main characters, a quarterback and a wide receiver, are widely considered to be based on Don Meredith and Gent, respectively.
The novel was one of the first to examine the NFLs hypocrisy regarding drug use, Gent made his home in Texas for many years,
where he was friends with many of that states significant creative minds of the day, including Larry L.
King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Bud Shrake, J George Davis Peter Gent was a Michigan State University basketball player and National Football League wide receiver turned novelist.
After leaving professional football, Gent wrote several novels dealing with the sport, His first and most famous book, a semi autobiographical novel entitled North Dallas Forty, was published in, Its main characters, a quarterback and a wide receiver, are widely considered to be based on Don Meredith and Gent, respectively.
The novel was one of the first to examine the NFL's hypocrisy regarding drug use, Gent made his home in Texas for many years, where he was friends with many of that state's significant creative minds of the day, including Larry L.
King, Billy Lee Brammer, Gary Cartwright, Bud Shrake, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Dan Jenkins, They called themselves the Mad Dogs, Gent also explored the corruption in modern professional sports in a sequel volume entitled "North Dallas After", published in, and in two unrelated football novels "Texas Celebrity Turkey Trot"and "The Franchise".
Gent also wrote a novel about college basketball entitled " The Conquering Heroes", Bill Waltons cover blurb states that the book is the "North Dallas Forty of college basketball, But its much , its about a whole generation of kids who came of age in an America that I grew up in.
"Gent resided in Bangor, Michigan at the time of his death from a pulmonary disease on September,,and was working on a novel.
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