Sidecountry: Tales of Death and Life from the Back Roads of Sports

Produktbeschreibung

Acclaim for John Branch

The Last Cowboys

"John Branch is a master of narrative nonfiction." -Michael Finkel

"One hell of a ride." -Carson Vaughan,Washington Post

"Gripping." -Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times

"Compelling." -Michael Schaub, Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Fascinating." -Christopher Collins, Texas Observer

"Keenly observed and artfully conveyed." -Michael Berry, San Francisco Chronicle

"Informed by scrupulous and compassionate reporting." -Andrew Graybill, Wall Street Journal

Boy on Ice

Winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing

"A haunting tale." -Ed Sherman, Chicago Tribune

"Devastating." -Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe

"Meticulously reported and beautifully written." -Bryan Cronan, Christian Science Monitor

"Shows us, in tender detail, a life consumed by our unholy appetites." -Steve Almond, New York Times Book Review 

Autoreninfo

John Branch is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. He is the best-selling author of Boy on Ice and The Last Cowboys, and has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing. He lives near San Francisco, California.