A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers - Softcover

Feinstein, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451650256 ISBN 13: 9781451650259

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2011

Synopsis

Twenty-five years after it spent sixteen weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, John Feinstein's A Season on the Brink remains the classic of the genre and an unforgettable chronicle of his year spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach Bob Knight. This anniversary edition features an updated package and a new Introduction by Feinstein.

Twenty-five years after it spent sixteen weeks atop the New York Times bestseller list, A Season on the Brink remains the most celebrated basketball book ever written. Granted unprecedented access to legendary coach Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers during the 1985-86 season, John Feinstein saw and heard it all--practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and midgame huddles--as the team worked to return to championship form. The result is an unforgettable chronicle that not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball but also paints a vivid portrait of a complex, brilliant coach as he walks the fine line between genius and madness.

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Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 368 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Twenty-five years after it spent sixteen weeks ATOP the New York Times Bestseller list A Season on the ink remains the the most celeated basketball book ever written. Granted unprecedented access to legendary coach Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers during the 1985-86 season. John Feinstein saw and heard it all-practices. team meetings. strategy sessions. and midgame huddles-as the team worked to return to championship form. The result is an unforgettable chronicle that not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball but also paints a vivid portrait of a complex. illiant coach as he walks the fine line between genius and ...

Review:

Sports Illustrated's #6 Sports Book of All Time

"Nothing less than extraordinary." --The Chicago Tribune

"Riveting . . . Perhaps the best basketball book ever written." --Dayton Daily News

"A Season on the Brink is not just my favorite sports book of all time, but one of my favorite books in general. Everything that's important and disturbing about basketball can be understood through its details." --Chuck Klosterman

"The best writer of sports books in America today." --The Boston Globe

"Bob Knight still curses the day he granted the author unfettered access to his program. Feinstein's year as an honorary Hoosier yielded an unsparing portrait of Indiana's combustible coach." --Sports Illustrated

"One of the best sportswriters alive." --USA Today

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1451650256
• ISBN 13: 9781451650259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368