The Forever Season: A Novel - Hardcover

Keith, Don

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9780312134976: The Forever Season: A Novel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312134975 ISBN 13: 9780312134976

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1995

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"I died exactly the way I lived." The tragic secret of C. P. MacKay's life is hinted at in the first sentence of this astonishing novel. The reader, however, can hardly be prepared for what follows. This is the story of a young man who appeared to have everything going for him. He was a gifted football player. He was a brilliant student who loved poetry. But his downfall began when he received a scholarship to a major university. There, C. P. found his path blocked from all directions as he tried to fulfill his desire to play the game he loved, satisfy his thirst for knowledge, and maintain his integrity.

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About the Author:

Don Keith is an independent writer living in Birmingham. He has written 10 novels, including Wizard of the Wind, a story of the radio business.

From Publishers Weekly:

College football player Corinthians Phillipians McKay, nicknamed C.P., is perfect?so perfect that as a narrator he offers little to kindle the reader's imagination. That's the main problem behind this first novel, which quickly becomes as static as its main character. The reader first meets C.P. as a young boy growing up in a typical fictional Southern household, terrorized by his alcoholic father and his Jesus-crazed maw. C.P.'s football talents take him to Sparta University, a local powerhouse, where he has to deal with a number of problems: his self-serving football coach, who asks him to cripple an opposing player; the university president, who makes some unsavory offers; the unwelcome advances of a gay Pulitzer-winning English professor; and a sleazy figure from his past. The other characters here, including a black teammate, a Native American and C.P.'s love interest, are so stereotypical as to border on the offensive. Keith attempts to script a modern-day morality tale, but even the twist ending can't save his inauspicious debut.
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