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Rules For Becoming A Legend: A Novel (2014)

by Timothy S. Lane(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0670014885 (ISBN13: 9780670014880)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Viking Adult

review 1: Tony Perez (Editor, Tin House Books): March has been a particularly good reading month. With any luck, and bit of backroom dealing, Tin House’s list of forthcoming books will be a few titles longer this time next week. Beyond the submission pile, I had the pleasure of reading Kiese Laymon’s brilliant debut novel, Long Division, and Leslie Jamison’s ungodly good collection of essays The Empathy Exams: Essays. But the book I’ll carting with me this weekend to the Peppermill’s sad-sack sportsbook, where I’ll be throwing away my hard-earned money on longshot prop bets and Jalapeno Poppers, is Timothy Lane’s Rules for Becoming a Legend. When I max out Cheston’s credit card on that Baylor-Dayton-Tennessee parlay, at least I’ll have a good basketball novel to cu... morerl up with.
review 2: It's difficult to sum up the magic of a story without dampening it, but I'll give it a try. Environment is everything, and in the wet, tangled air of the Pacific Northwest, we learn that quickly. The small town of Columbia City seems to harvest heroes as readily as it takes them down, but out of tragedy there is often triumph hidden in the shadows. Three generations of fathers, sons and the town they belong to, hauntingly capture the vitality of basketball, and more importantly, the ever-present spirit behind the game. With the aid of an indulgent narrator and slew of damaged (but lovable) characters, this story renews the hope of seeking out magic even in the darkest of places. Nicely done, Timothy S. Lane, looking forward to many more! less

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