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  • Bleachers is about a small town high school football team. Had I read this before I lived in a community obsessed with football I'm not sure I would have appreciated it as much. Its by no means Grisham's best work, but I like it nonetheless. I listened to the audio version and Grisham actually re ... Continue

    Bleachers is about a small town high school football team. Had I read this before I lived in a community obsessed with football I'm not sure I would have appreciated it as much. Its by no means Grisham's best work, but I like it nonetheless. I listened to the audio version and Grisham actually reads the book himself. It was nice to know that the book was being read the way that it should be. He doesn't have the talent that other readers do, but it was suitable for this book.

    

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• ― Rice Cooker said on Dec 4, 2007 about the Audio CD edition| Add your feedback

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  • Very different then other books by Grisham. I enjoyed it and think it will be an easy sell to some boys interested in football novels.

    

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• ― SheReads said on Mar 5, 2007 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.

Now, as Coach Rake’s “boys” sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake – or hate him. For Neely Crenshaw, a man who must finally forgive his coach –-- and himself – before he can get on with his life, the stakes are especially high.

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