Bleachers

John Grisham (Autor)

Audio-CD

240 Seiten

2003
Random House Audiobooks (Verlag)
978-1-85686-847-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Neely Crenshaw was once star quarterback for Messina High School's football team. His playing days ended with a sickening injury. Afterwards his life went nowhere: his marriage foundered and his real estate business drifted. For fifteen years he's been trying to forget his glorious past as sporting hero but hasn't been able to move on. But now the man who moulded him, Coach Eddie Rake is dying and Neely returns to Messina. Rake has acted as football coach for 34 years at Messina High; his teams have won 13 state championships and been on an 84 game unbeaten streak. The town idolizes him. Players old and young have returned to pay their respects. Neely congregates with them on the bleachers as they wait for Rake to finally pass away.It is in the many conversations and revelations that follow that Neely can confront what his explosive relationship with Rake really meant to him and, in the moment of loss, find redemption.

Autor

Sales Points--Read by the author and Unabridged--Grisham's novels have all been Sunday Times No.1 bestsellers.--Films of The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client and The Chamber have all grossed over $100 million.--Newly packaged backlist now available. Audio acclaim--Skipping Christmas: "It's a neatly crafted, funny and very human parable." The Independent--"Boutsikaris does an excellent job reading this lightly entertaining stocking filler." The Observer--The King of Torts: Sunday Times Audio book of the week - "Ruthless calculation and overpowering greed make the story of Clay Carter's dizzying rise to "king of torts" a cracking good tale -" Sunday Times--"No one writes better or more knowledgeably than John Grisham about the cut-throat world of American law and lawyers -" The Observer--The Summons: 'Good airport departure lounge listening.' Focus, June, 2002 'John Grisham is back on form with The Summons, a tale of the corrosive effect of money on character - a brilliant study of character under pressure.' The Independent, 13 April, 2002--The Brethren: 'A riveting tale, well up to Grisham's normal high standard, expertly read by Michael Beck.' The Scotsman, 22 April, 2000.22.5 MILLION COPIES OF JOHN GRISHAM'S BOOKS SOLD IN THE UK TODAY

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.9.2003
• Reihe/Serie: Random House Audio
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 188 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1-85686-847-8 / 1856868478
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85686-847-1 / 9781856868471
• Zustand: Neuware