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Bleachers

By John Grisham

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| Mass Market Paperback | 9780440242000

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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 dyContinue

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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  • A whole new ball game

    Bleachers by John Grisham 180pp, Century , £12.99 John Grisham's 16th novel is not quite what you might expect: Bleachers is no clunking legal thriller but a slim, plotless little number about football. No Mafia, no dodgy juries, and not a struggling ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Bleachers By John Grisham

    After his successful foray into mainstream fiction with a coming-of-age tale, The Painted House (2001), John Grisham tries his hand at yet another subject with his winning new novel Bleachers. Forgoing his usual focus on chills, thrills and courtroom ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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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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  • 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 6, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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