A major new book from #1 New York Times bestseller and sports-writing legend John Feinstein, QUARTERBACK dives deep into the most coveted and hallowed position in the NFL - exploring the stories of five top quarterbacks and taking readers inside their unique experiences of playing the position and holding the keys to their multi-billion-dollar teams.
JOHN FEINSTEIN is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the classic sports books A Season on the Brink and A Good Walk Spoiled, along with many other bestsellers including The Legends Club, Where Nobody Knows Your Name and The First Major. He currently writes for The Washington Post and Golf Digest and is a regular contributor to the Golf Channel, Comcast Sports Regional Networks, and he hosts a college basketball show and a golf show on SiriusXM Radio.
"Another must-read from a master of long-form sports
journalism."
--Booklist, starred review
"Eminent sportswriter Feinstein embedded himself with five
successful quarterbacks . . . tak[ing] readers from one
breathtaking finish to another. With a critical eye and unsurpassed
sense of sports history and culture, Feinstein examines qualities
of leadership, the politics and drama within locker rooms and
league offices, and the unrelenting pressure that can either crush
a quarterback or turn him into a legend. Stellar research and
storytelling that makes this an essential read for NFL fans and
sports enthusiasts."
--Library Journal, starred review "A worthy offering
for fans of the modern, increasingly embattled game."
--Kirkus Reviews Praise for The First Major "Feinstein's
talent always has been the depth of his relationships, which
enables him to get important figures to divulge intimate details of
what transpired. . .The book features one interesting anecdote
after another . . . In the hands of a lesser writer, a book about a
lopsided match would have been hard to pull off. Feinstein, though,
knows how to tell a good story, regardless of the outcome."
--Chicago Tribune Praise for The Legends Club "One of
[John Feinstein's] best, a beguilingly personal, sometimes
heartbreaking look at the psychic cost of doing battle in America's
most brutally, nakedly competitive (and actual) arenas. It makes a
fitting bookend to the author's first, A Season on the Brink
(1986), his hair-raising expose of Indiana coach Bobby Knight,
expletives included."
--The Wall Street Journal "The legends are right there in
the subtitle: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic
College Basketball Rivalry. The unbilled fourth legend is the
author. His longstanding relationships with the principals give the
book its insider appeal; his history with each man goes back
decades, and the intersecting, layered looks at each are built on
firsthand knowledge . . . Funny and smart."
--USA Today "Feinstein entertains readers with fair,
objective observations based on fact and his unique inside access
gained not only through years of his coverage but also through many
new interviews with former players, coaches and administrators. . .
In a famous speech before he died, Valvano implored all of us to
attempt to do three things each day: laugh, think and cry. He would
be pleased with The Legends Club because it will evoke all three
from readers, no matter where their college basketball allegiances
lie."
--The Washington Post
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