Big Time - by Rus Bradburd (Paperback)

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Welcome to Coors State University, a cash-strapped college that sold naming rights, academic programs, and, ultimately, its soul to a beer company just to keep the lights on.
About the Author: Rus Bradburd is the author of four previous books, including All the Dreams We've Dreamed: a Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicago's West Side.
304 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Sports

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About the Book

"Big Time is a subversive anti-sports novel that skewers the lofty place of athletics on American college campuses"--

Book Synopsis

Welcome to Coors State University, a cash-strapped college that sold naming rights, academic programs, and, ultimately, its soul to a beer company just to keep the lights on. At Coors, the engineering professors are expanding the stadium, criminal justice faculty are the campus cops, and the history profs sell popcorn at concession stands. It's the world turned upside down--yet not very far from the truth at today's big state schools. Big Time is--ruefully and hilariously--a novel for Our Time.

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Praise for Big Time:

"Big Time is a big-time funny book. Rus Bradburd has chosen the perfect target for satire and delivered a sharp, clean hit." --Jonathan Eig, author of King: a Life and Ali: a Life

"Rus Bradburd is right on time with this takedown of college sports money mania at American universities. Big Time is provocative, thought-provoking, and hilarious." --Jesse Washington, ESPN - Andscape, co-author of I Came As a Shadow

"Big Time is a subversive, sidesplitting, screwball of a novel. More important, it's a commentary on the role of sports on our college campuses and an examination of what that means for American society today." --Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of Education, author of How Schools Work

About the Author

Rus Bradburd is the author of four previous books, including All the Dreams We've Dreamed: a Story of Hoops and Handguns on Chicago's West Side. He spent 14 seasons coaching Division basketball and 16 years as a university professor. He spends time in New Mexico, Chicago, and Belfast.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .69 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.0 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 304

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Sports

Publisher: Etruscan Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Rus Bradburd

Language: English

Street Date: November 19, 2024

TCIN: 91306206

UPC: 9798988198567

Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-2069

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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