Hoop - (Crux: The Georgia Literary Nonfiction) by Brian Doyle (Paperback)
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- Brian Doyle himself explains it best: "A few years ago I was moaning to my wry gentle dad that basketball, which seems to me inarguably the most graceful and generous and swift and fluid and ferociously-competitive-without-being-sociopathic of sports, has not produced rafts of good books, like baseball and golf and cricket and surfing have . . . Where are the great basketball novels to rival The Natural and the glorious Mark Harris baseball quartet and the great Bernard Darwin's golf stories?
- Author(s): Brian Doyle
- 240 Pages
- Sports + Recreation, Essays
- Series Name: Crux: The Georgia Literary Nonfiction
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Brian Doyle himself explains it best: "A few years ago I was moaning to my wry gentle dad that basketball, which seems to me inarguably the most graceful and generous and swift and fluid and ferociously-competitive-without-being-sociopathic of sports, has not produced rafts of good books, like baseball and golf and cricket and surfing have . . . Where are the great basketball novels to rival The Natural and the glorious Mark Harris baseball quartet and the great Bernard Darwin's golf stories? Where are the annual anthologies of terrific basketball essays? How can a game full of such wit and creativity and magic not spark more great books?"
"'Why don't you write one?' said my dad, who is great at cutting politely to the chase." And so he has. In this collection of short essays, Brian Doyle presents a compelling account of a life lived playing, watching, loving, and coaching basketball. He recounts his passion for the gyms, the playgrounds, the sounds and scents, the camaraderie, the fierce competition, the anticipation and exhaustion, and even some of the injuries.Review Quotes
Anyone who has shot baskets at a playground court will relate to Hoop. As a former college basketball player, who is married to a former college basketball player, and whose two sons play college basketball, and as a writer and reader who has read countless books about basketball, I can tell you that this is one of the best books I've read about the game and its culture.--Todd F. Davis "editor of Fast Break to Line Break: Poets on the Art of Basketball"
I am not the ideal reader for this book but I became the ideal reader. I didn't think I could read essays about basketball because I do not play the game. I read it to hear Brian Doyle's voice, which is one of the most distinctive voices in nonfiction. I read it to learn, against my will, what a hook shot is, how to box someone out, and what a pick is. I read this book with the hope and the recognition that the big stories exist in the small stories and that paying attention to and remembering the details is what amounts to the big stuff. As a writing lesson and a life lesson, Hoop completes a generous pass.--Nicole Walker "coeditor of Bending the Genre: Essays on Creative Nonfiction"
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .61 Inches (D)
Weight: .65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Crux: The Georgia Literary Nonfiction
Sub-Genre: Essays
Genre: Sports + Recreation
Number of Pages: 240
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Brian Doyle
Language: English
Street Date: March 1, 2019
TCIN: 89221427
UPC: 9780820355443
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-5274
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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