Rebound - Hardcover

Greene, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718141091 ISBN 13: 9780718141097

Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE, 1995

Synopsis

Michael Jordan is considered the pre-eminent basketball player in the world. He is celebrated for his playing, for his lifestyle, for what he gats paid, and every move he makes is news. This is his story.

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Review:

Greene, author of Hang Time, gives us the remarkable second chapter in the Michael Jordan story, beginning with the day Jordan's father was murdered and following him for two years through basketball arenas and minor-league baseball dugouts. Rebound is the story of a man who seemingly had everything the world could offer, and then, in pain, left it behind in an effort to rediscover who he once was, and who he wanted to be.

From AudioFile:

This idolatrous biography tells the story of Michael Jordan's hiatus from basketball, a self-imposed exile inspired, at least in part, by the untimely death of his father. A fast-paced jazz score introduces the first side, and the text is briskly and clearly recited by the author. The voice, a slightly nasal, Midwestern tenor, is reverential, but narrow in range. Occasional gaps in the time line suggest artifacts of abridgment. The presentation is otherwise unadorned with music or sound, creating a workmanlike, but listenable, portrait, less telling, however, than the cover photograph by Annie Leibowitz. For the true fan, this tape provides insight into the psychology of a great athlete. J.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: PENGUIN PUTNAM * TRADE
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0718141091
• ISBN 13: 9780718141097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288