Playing for Pizza

Zusatztext “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 Playing for Pizza .” — USA Today “Enthralling.” — People “Score another one for Grisham...This is a fish-out-of-water tale that perfectly suits his strengths as a storyteller.” — USA Today “A light-hearted story of football! food and love.” — Richmond Times-Dispatch “Football in Italy? Who knew? Grisham means to have a sweet time with this story of a fallen NFL quarterback. And he does.” — Daily News (New York) “Delightfully comic...a deeply satisfying story.” — The Boston Globe “Charming...the author's love letter to Italy.” — Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor Since first publishing  A Time to Kill  in 1988! Grisham has written one novel a year (his other books are  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!  and  The Broker ) and all of them have become international bestsellers.  The Innocent Man  (October 2006) marks his first foray into non-fiction. 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. Klappentext Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game! to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone! Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go! Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight! he became a national laughingstock—and was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. 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 starting 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 football americano—holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement. . . . Chapter One It was a hospital bed, that much appeared certain, though certainty was coming and going. It was narrow and hard and there were shiny metal railings standing sentrylike along the sides, preventing escape. The sheets were plain and very white. Sanitary. The room was dark, but sunlight was trying to creep around the blinds covering the window. He closed his eyes again; even that was painful. Then he opened them, and for a long silent minute or so he managed to keep the lids apart and focus on his cloudy little world. He was lying on his back and pinned down by firmly tucked sheets. He noticed a tube dangling to his left, running down to his hand, then disappearing up somewhere behind him. There was a voice in the distance, out in the hallway. Then he made the mistake of trying to move, just a slight adjustment of the head, and it didn't work. Hot bolts of pain hit his skull and neck and he groaned loudly. "Rick. Are you awake?" The voice was familiar, and quickly a face followed it. Arnie was breathing on him. "Arnie?" he said with a weak, scratchy voice, then he swallowed. "It's me, Rick, thank God you're awake." Arnie the agent, always there at the important moments. "Where am I, Arnie?" "You're in the hospital, Rick." "Got that. But why...

Product details

• Authors: John Grisham
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 22.07.2008
• EAN: 9780440244714
• ISBN: 978-0-440-24471-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 175 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Dell
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature