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Synopsis
For more than eighty years, The New Yorker has been home to some of the toughest, wisest, funniest, and most moving sportswriting around. Featuring brilliant reportage and analysis, profound profiles of pros, and tributes to the amateur in all of us, The Only Game in Town is a classic collection from a magazine with a deep bench. Including such authors as Roger Angell and John Updike, both of them synonymous with New Yorker sportswriting, The Only Game in Town also features greats like John McPhee and Don DeLillo. Hall of Famer Ring Lardner is here, bemoaning the lowering of standards for baseball achievement in 1930. A. J. Liebling inimitably portrays the 1955 Rocky Marciano Archie Moore bout as Ahab and Nemesis . . . man against history, and John Cheever pens a story about a boy s troubled relationship with his father and The National Pastime. From Tiger Woods to bullfighter Sidney Franklin, from the Chinese Olympics to the U.S. Open, the greatest plays and players, past and present, are all covered in The Only Game in Town. At The New Yorker, it s not whether you win or lose it s how you write about the game.
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"Dazzling."--"Booklist"
"An absolute grand slam for sports fans or anyone who loves great nonfiction storytelling . . . Readers are in the hands of masters."--"Minneapolis Star Tribune"
"Start reading--or re-reading--and you won't be able to stop. . . . Each selection is a gem."--Bloomberg
"There are many revelations in these pages."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"A treasure chest of great writers."--"San Antonio Express-News"
"Terrific . . . a splendid array."--"The Plain Dealer"
Dazzling. "Booklist"
An absolute grand slam for sports fans or anyone who loves great nonfiction storytelling . . . Readers are in the hands of masters. "Minneapolis Star Tribune"
Start reading or re-reading and you won t be able to stop. . . . Each selection is a gem. Bloomberg
There are many revelations in these pages. "The New York Times Book Review"
A treasure chest of great writers. "San Antonio Express-News"
Terrific . . . a splendid array. "The Plain Dealer""
"Dazzling."--Booklist
"An absolute grand slam for sports fans or anyone who loves great nonfiction storytelling . . . Readers are in the hands of masters."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Start reading--or re-reading--and you won't be able to stop. . . . Each selection is a gem."--Bloomberg
"There are many revelations in these pages."--The New York Times Book Review
"A treasure chest of great writers."--San Antonio Express-News
"Terrific . . . a splendid array."--The Plain Dealer
"Dazzling."--Booklist
About the Author
David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker since 1998. A staff writer for the magazine from 1992 to 1998, he was previously The Washington Post's correspondent in the Soviet Union. The author of several books, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the George Polk Award for his 1994 book Lenin's Tomb. He lives in New York with his wife and children.
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- PublisherRandom House
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1400068029
- ISBN 13 9781400068029
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages512
- EditorDavid Remnick
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