Semi-Tough - Softcover

Jenkins, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451137930 ISBN 13: 9780451137937

Publisher: Signet, 1973

Synopsis

Commissioned to write a book, a leading player of the New York Giants records the events surrounding the impending Super Bowl game with the New York Jets

About this title

About the Author:

Dan Jenkins is the author of ten novels, including Semi-Tough, Dead Solid Perfect, The Money-Whipped Steer-Job Three-Jack Give-Up Artist, and, most recently, Slim and None. He has also published seven books of nonfiction, most notably Fairways and Greens and The Dogged Victims of Inexorable Fate and writes an enduringly popular monthly column for Golf Digest. Jenkins is the recipient of the William D. Richardson Award from the Golf Writers Association of America, which recognizes those who have consistently made outstanding contributions to golf. He divides his time between his native Fort Worth, Texas, and New York City.

Review:

"A very funny book...It is outrageous; it mocks contemporary American mores; it mocks Madison Avenue; it mocks racial attitudes; it mocks writers like me; and it even mocks sportswriters for Sports Illustrated like Dan Jenkins...[Jenkins's] writing and his ear recall--there is no higher compliment-Ring Lardner, though in different times and different Americas."

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0451137930
• ISBN 13: 9780451137937
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback