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“In this rousing, expertly layered story set in the northern grit of Minnesota, Trondson has crafted a novel somewhere between the meticulous blue-collar eye of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album and the loveable losers seen in a Coen Brothers movie.” –Todd Smith, author of Hockey Strong: Stories of Sacrifice from Inside…
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1 author picked Sport & Leisure as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This one got me because, in contrast to the first 3 books, the dubious sanity wasn’t apparent at first; it was in stealth mode (like it is in the rest of us) and slowly revealed itself through the characters in a captivating and compelling demolition derby of old money privilege, no money envy, tennis glory days, hockey knuckles, and Hollywood sleaze. It’s an exceptionally good book by an exceptionally masterful writer that nobody’s ever heard of, at least I hadn’t.
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