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Toss: A Novel Book

Combine one smart former quarterback (Boomer Esiason led the Cincinnati Bengals to the Super Bowl, among other gridiron triumphs) and one smart crime writer (Lowell Cauffiel's Marker is an equally impressive performance) and you come up with an exciting, entertaining thriller filled to the brim with succulent slices of football high and low life. As the team helicopter whizzes them into Manhattan, Derek Brody--the rookie quarterback just signed to a $6 million deal by the New York Stars--reveals his survival technique to his lawyer-agent by drawing a circle on a piece of paper. "'Okay, this is me,' he explained. Around it, he drew six more circles, connecting them all to the one in the middle like the spokes of a wheel. He labeled the others: COACH. TEAM. FANS. MEDIA. FRONT OFFICE. And finally, WIFE/GIRLFRIEND/FRIENDS. 'That's how it's different for a quarterback,' Brody said. 'All these circles can threaten your game. "Don't let the gifts of football take you away from football." That's how my old man used to put it. That's why I don't really give a shit about the Nike deal. Or the news conference. You focus only on winning. Winning will keep all these other circles in line.'" But winning isn't the only problem with the hapless Stars. They're a tainted team, dirty from top to bottom, plagued with corruption and racial strife that makes them hard to like but easy to believe. Meeting with Eric Smith (a crippled wreck who once was the Stars' last great quarterback hope) minutes before Smith's murder gets Brody involved in a series of plays that will either kill him or help him understand what's going on behind the scenes. Along the way, Esiason and Cauffiel let us share some raunchy inside jokes that--like the dirty laundry they hang out so lavishly--are too good not to be true. --Dick AdlerRead More

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  • Product Description

    Retired gridiron great Boomer Esiason has delivered a sharp, edgy story with riveting insider details about the game and business of professional football. When golden boy Derek Brody signs a $6 million dollar deal to play for the New York Stars, the rookie quarterback figures the world is his oyster. Then reality sets in after meeting his new football "family "--the all-too benevolent owner of the Stars, Papa Goldman; his daughter and Director of Communications, Dominique, who holds a certain fondness for quarterbacks; a frazzled and frustrated head coach; a team of malcontents and racial tensions; and a shady Director of Personnel. But all of his concerns for the team become secondary when an ex-Stars quarterback is found dead, and Brody finds himself hustling just to stay alive while confronting the scars of his own past. With a little luck, smarts, and help from a beautiful aspiring actress, this is one time he can't drop the ball!

  • 052594429X
  • 9780525944294
  • Boomer Esiason, Lowell Cauffiel
  • 1 November 1998
  • E P Dutton & Co Inc
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 384
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