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Zusatztext “Rosen … hits the hardwood in this entertaining sports novel.” –Publishers Weekly “Rosen! a wonderful sportswriter and novelist . . . is the game's premier evangelist! preaching that basketball can be spiritual and redemptive. The message comes through powerfully in this moving novel about a man who finds peace! order! and a sense of self on the hardwood.” –Booklist Informationen zum Autor Charley Rosen Klappentext Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He's a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can't play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer's sacrifice: he becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA, No Blood, No Foul is the story of a man who must come to terms with a debilitating injury and chase after dreams of perfection in a decidedly imperfect world. Charley Rosen gives us not only a lovingly faithful insider's look at the game of basketball, but a passionate story about what it meant to face life in an America that had lost its innocence. Zusammenfassung Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He’s a hero! missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can’t play any longer! so he makes the ultimate ballplayer’s sacrifice: he becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA! No Blood! No Foul is the story of a man who must come to terms with a debilitating injury and chase after dreams of perfection in a decidedly imperfect world. Charley Rosen gives us not only a lovingly faithful insider’s look at the game of basketball! but a passionate story about what it meant to face life in an America that had lost its innocence.
