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Hangman's game
- Title
- Hangman's game / Bill Syken.
- Author
- Syken, Bill.
- Publication
- New York : Minotaur Books, 2015.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 15-3866 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 322 pages; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sports fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Note
- "A Thomas Dunne book."
- Call Number
- JFD 15-3866
- ISBN
- 9781250067159
- 1250067154
- LCCN
- 2015017159
- OCLC
- 2015017159
- Author
- Syken, Bill.
- Title
- Hangman's game / Bill Syken.
- Publisher
- New York : Minotaur Books, 2015.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Summary
- "After losing his starting position as a college quarterback to a shoulder injury, Nick Gallow has remade himself as a punter. Now in his fifth year in the pros with the Philadelphia Sentinels, Nick spends most of his time on the sidelines. He no longer makes winning plays, and when the team visits a hospital, the sick kids would rather talk to the players they've actually heard of. But Nick is unexpectedly thrust back into the spotlight when he witnesses the murder of the new all-star draft pick on the eve of the team's summer minicamp. Nick has no plans to get involved. Despite the murder, his focus is squarely on an uppity rookie player eyeing his roster spot. But after a second attack hits closer to home and the police go after the wrong man, Nick finds himself driven by the chance to be a hero again. In Hangman's Game, Syken offers a seasoned sportswriter's take on the contemporary culture of football and the will to play on despite the game's toll on the body and mind. Mixing humor and suspense, with strikingly observed characters, Syken writes his debut in the informed, fast-paced style of Michael Lewis and with the wit of Carl Hiaasen"-- Provided by publisher.
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- JFD 15-3866