| No Blood, No Foul Contributor(s): Rosen, Charley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583228284 ISBN-13: 9781583228289 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: "[Charley] Rosen works from inside the heads of each of his characters, who bring to life such darker elements of the time as McCarthyism, the Korean War and racial tension. No special knowledge of the game is required to appreciate this very engaging novel. . . . Even readers who are not basketball fans will have a hard time putting it down before the final buzzer."-"Publishers Weekly," on "Barney Polan's Game" Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He's a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can't play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer's sacrifice: He becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA, "No Blood, No Foul" is the story of a man who must come to terms with a debilitating injury and chase after dreams of perfection in a decidedly imperfect world. Charley Rosen gives us not only a lovingly faithful insider's look at the game of basketball, but a passionate story about what it means to face life in post-atomic America. Charley Rosen, the co-author with Phil Jackson of "Maverick" (1975) and "More Than a Game" (2001), is a former player, coach of several Continental Basketball Association (CBA) teams, and a noted sportswriter and novelist. Rosen is currently the chief NBA columnist for Foxsports.com. His other Seven Stories Press titles include "The House of Moses All-Stars," "Barney Polan's Game," "The Cockroach Basketball League," and "The Wizard of Odds," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sports - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008018105 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.54" W x 8.2" (0.66 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He's a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can't play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer's sacrifice: he becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA, No Blood, No Foul is the story of a man who must come to terms with a debilitating injury and chase after dreams of perfection in a decidedly imperfect world. Charley Rosen gives us not only a lovingly faithful insider's look at the game of basketball, but a passionate story about what it meant to face life in an America that had lost its innocence. |