Foul Lines: A Pro Basketball Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743286503)

From two senior Sports Illustrated writers comes an explosive, fast-paced satire that will do for today's NBA what North Dallas Forty did for the NFL a generation ago.

Just months from his Yale graduation, street-smart whiz kid Jamal Kelly leaves school to take a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the front office of the Los Angeles Lasers. Once on the West Coast, Jamal gets a quick introduction to a subculture awash in big egos and fast cars, as well as an introduction to the charms of the team's new hard-charging beat writer, Jilly Forrester.

In the spirit of Primary Colors and The Devil Wears Prada, Foul Lines peels back the curtain on the trappings of big-time professional basketball. No other sport encapsulates so many cultural hot-button topics, and Foul Lines at once exposes and lampoons this parallel universe.

Author: Jack McCallum, Jon Wertheim
ISBN-10: 0743286502
ISBN-13: 9780743286503
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2006
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/02/2006 pg. 36
Booklist 02/15/2006 pg. 45