| A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers |  | Author: John Feinstein
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
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Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1451650256
EAN: 9781451650259
ASIN: 1451650256
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
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Product Description
Twenty-five years after it spent sixteen weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, John Feinstein’s A Season on the Brink remains the classic of the genre and an unforgettable chronicle of his year spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach Bob Knight. This anniversary edition features an updated package and a new Introduction by Feinstein. Granted unprecedented access to the Indiana Hoosiers’ basketball program during the 1985–1986 season, John Feinstein saw and heard it all—practices, team meetings, strategy sessions, and mid-game huddles—as the team strove to return to championship form. A Season on the Brink, recently named #6 on Sports Illustrated’s “Top 100 Sports Books of All Time” list, not only captures the drama and pressure of big-time college basketball, but paints a vivid portrait of a complex, brilliant coach as he walks the fine line between genius and madness.
Amazon.com Review
Why is A Season on the Brink the bestselling sports book of all time? The answer is easy: Bobby Knight. Audaciously brilliant, exasperatingly volatile, and never boring, the Indiana University basketball coach is Greek drama and comedy neatly wrapped in a red sweater. Like all high-strung people, Knight is particularly interesting when things don't go according to his playbook. John Feinstein had the good fortune to follow Knight and his Hoosiers through a difficult 1985-86 campaign; that Feinstein could watch that season attached to Knight's hip gives A Season on the Brink its sights and its sounds. That such closeness allowed entry into Knight's heart gives the book its fury. The combination is irresistible.
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