The Last Shot
City Streets, Basketball Dreams
Frey, Darcy
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BOOK SUMMARY
A startling and poignant expose of inner-city life and the big business of college basketball.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that — for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhood's most promising players. What they have going for them is athletic talent, grace, and years of dedication. But working against them are woefully inadequate schooling, family circumstances that are often desperate, and the slick, brutal world of college athletic recruitment. Incisively and compassionately written, The Last Shot introduces us to unforgettable characters and takes us into their world with an intimacy seldom seen in contemporary journalism. The result is a startling and poignant expose of inner-city life and the big business of college basketball.
BOOK REVIEWS
"[A] tomahawk dunk of a first book... moves with the drive and poetry of a well-executed fast break." --†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢'€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ã‚¬'‚'‚¬? People
"An achingly good book."
--†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢'€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ã‚¬'‚'‚¬?Newsweek
"Soars toward the basket... a brilliant portrait of what has gone wrong in our cities, and by extension, in our country."
--†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢'€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ã‚¬'‚'‚¬?Chicago Tribune
"A classic. I wish I'd written it."
--†â€™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢'€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ã‚¬'‚'‚¬? David Halberstam
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0618446710
Copyright: 2004
Dewey Decimal: 796.323/62/0974723
Library of Congress: 2004274118
Book Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Language: ENG
Binding: Sewn
Paper Weight (lb): 0.55
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