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Here is the absorbing story of twenty-two men who gather every fall to painstakingly reenact what ESPN called âthe most shocking play in NFL historyâ and the Washington Redskins dubbed the âThrowback Specialâ: the November 1985 play in which the Redskins' Joe Theismann had his leg horribly broken by Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants live on Monday Night Football. Chris Bachelder introduces us to Charles, a psychologist whose expertise is in high demand; George, a garrulous public librarian; Fat Michael, envied and despised by the others for being exquisitely fit; Jeff, a recently divorced man who has become a theorist of marriage; and more. Over the course of a weekend, the men reveal their secret hopes, fears, and passions as they choose roles, spend a long night of the soul preparing for the play, and finally enact their bizarre ritual for what may be the last time. Along the way, mishaps, misunderstandings, and grievances pile up, and the comforting traditions holding the group together threaten to give way.The Throwback Special is a moving and comic tale filled with pitch-perfect observations about manhood, marriage, middle age, and the rituals we all enact as part of being alive. Â
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9780393249460 | W W Norton & Co Inc, March 14, 2016, cover price $25.95
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9781681680040 | Highbridge Co, March 14, 2016, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Here is the absorbing story of twenty-two men who gather every fall to painstakingly reenact what ESPN called âthe most shocking play in NFL historyâ and the Washington Redskins dubbed the âThrowback Specialâ: the November 1985 play in which the Redskins' Joe Theismann had his leg horribly broken by Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants live on Monday Night Football.
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9780807137222 | Louisiana State Univ Pr, March 1, 2011, cover price $18.95
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9780747585954 | New edition (Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, August 6, 2007), cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A novel from the author of 'Bear v.
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9781932416763 | Pck har/bk edition (McSweeneys Books, April 18, 2007), cover price $20.00
A comic novel that imagines the serial resurrection and assassination of tireless muckraker and writer Upton Sinclair. Sinclair is repeatedly brought back to life by beleaguered but optimistic leftists (whose refrain is 'Hope and Shovels Forever'), and then gunned down (once harpooned) by those seeking fame, fortune and American business as usual.
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9780747580966 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, August 21, 2006, cover price $19.35 | About this edition: A comic novel that imagines the serial resurrection and assassination of tireless muckraker and writer Upton Sinclair.
An inventive new novel by the author of Bear v. Shark chronicles the serial resurrection and assassination of muckraker Upton Sinclair, who is repeatedly brought back to risk his life for the Socialist revolution, only to end up dead at the hands of those seeking fame, fortune, and American business. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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9781582346366 | Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, February 21, 2006, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An inventive new novel by the author of Bear v.
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9780747561514 | New edition (Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, May 5, 2003), cover price $12.55 | About this edition: Who would win if a bear got in a fight with a shark?
9780743219471 | Reprint edition (Scribner, October 29, 2002), cover price $17.95
Miscellaneous:
9780743223706 | Scribner, October 23, 2001, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Given a relatively level playing field -- i.
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9780747559924 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, July 22, 2002, cover price $25.80 | About this edition: In this satire of our media-saturated culture, Las Vegas is to host a spectacle - Bear v Shark II.
With all America obsessed by the upcoming confrontation Bear v. Shark II, a Las Vegas spectacular involving two computer-generated animals, young Curtis Norman is delighted when he wins a national essay contest and four tickets to the event, in a hilarious satire about out media- and entertainment-obsessed culture. 15,000 first printing.
Hardcover:
9780743219464 | Scribner, November 1, 2001, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: With all America obsessed by the upcoming confrontation Bear v.
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