| Advantage Disadvantage Contributor(s): Jaffe, Yale R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1439204187 ISBN-13: 9781439204184 Publisher: Booksurge Publishing OUR PRICE: $11.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sports |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.24" W x 7.99" (0.58 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A neighborhood bookie peddles athletes to college coaches and develops a sport betting operation centered on high school games. He recruits an accomplice to execute his last bet, one that could set them up financially for life but is fraught with danger. The Chicago Police investigate the greedy gamblers who might try to manipulate a high school basketball playoff game. A chance meeting between the father of a mediocre student-athlete and the bookie puts in motion a sequence of events transforming the player into a Division 1 prospect using unorthodox basketball training methods. Corrupt adults, who selfishly engage in risky and exploitive behaviors, surround the athlete: gangland profiteers, win-at-all-cost coaches, greedy street agents, shoe company representatives, college recruiters, disloyal lovers, and others. Advantage Disadvantage examines the motivations that drive the surrounding adults to corruption, betrayal, and greed. |