George Plimpton on Sports

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"It's a gentle irony worthy of the author himself: The week George Plimpton died, a new collection of his finest sports writing was set to go to the printer. Despite the tragedy, the book came out on time, and for Lyons Press' and many of the author's fans, George Plimpton On Sports has become perhaps the best final tribute to old #0 in silver and blue. The book is part of a nearly ten-title-thick Plimpton retrospective - a series that also includes Paper Lion, The Bogey Man and reprints of many other Plimpton classics as well as a Plimpton-edited book of adventure stories from The Explorer's Club - that form one of the most comprehensive collection of Plimpton books in years and that, eerily, came out last month at almost exactly the same time the author passed away. Lyons says that for reasons of taste, it has taken an understated publicity approach. "We've been very low-key," says editorial director Jay Cassell. "In fact, we've barely promoted it." But the books, in part as a result of all the fond recollections of Plimpton, have sold well; Paper Lion, for instance, sold out its original print run of 10,000 copies and has almost depleted its new stock of 10,000 more."--Publishers Weekly's website "The four golf stories...covering 35 pages are delightful."--Golf News magazine "[A] sports tome sure to win"--Boston Herald "Win or lose, Plimpton writes with self-effacing humor and at least as much wit as wisdom."--Kirkus Reviews

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