Playing for Pizza - by John Grisham (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday... in 2004"--T.p. verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER <p/>Rick Dockery is the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually gets into the game. With a seventeen-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provides what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he becomes a national laughingstock--and is immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. <p/>But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent find a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Rick finally gets a job--as the <i>starting</i> quarterback for the Mighty Panthers . . . of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player--any former NFL player--at their helm. And now they've got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn't speak a word of Italian. To say that Italy--the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and <i>football americano</i>--holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Delightfully comic . . . a deeply satisfying story."--<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/>"Fans of John Grisham live for his legal thrillers, but now and then he serves up something unexpected. That's exactly what he does, with great success, in <i>Playing for Pizza</i>."--<i>USA Today</i> <p/>"A light-hearted story of football, food and love."--<i>Richmond Times-Dispatch</i> <p/>"Enthralling."--<i>People</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Since first publishing <b>A Time to Kill</b> in 1988, Grisham has written one novel a year (his other books are <b>The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, The Partner, The Street Lawyer, The Testament, The Brethren, A Painted House, Skipping Christmas, The Summons, The King of Torts, Bleachers, The Last Juror, </b> and <b>The Broker</b>) and all of them have become international bestsellers. <b>The Innocent Man</b> (October 2006) marks his first foray into non-fiction. <p/>Grisham lives with his wife Renee and their two children Ty and Shea. The family splits their time between their Victorian home on a farm in Mississippi and a plantation near Charlottesville, VA.
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