Joe Riley covers Chicago sports for The Sentinel, which is about to do some downsizing. Riley’s routine of lazy journalism and serious drinking isn’t helping the situation. He’s offered a choice: fly to Arizona to cover the Cubs’ training session or start getting used to unemployment. Riley is less than thrilled at the prospect. Against the odds, Riley meets the challenge and begins to turn his life around.
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"Wojciechowski has made the major-league roster in his fiction debut." -- Phil Tatman, Orlando Sentinel, March 25, 2001
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I want more,
By Todd J Ceisner (State College, Pa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: About 80 Percent Luck: A Novel (Hardcover)
The fastest read of my life. This book flowed so well I had to stop myself from sneaking ahead. Wojciechowski has a gift that he must share again and again. Like I said, gimme more.
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Witty, but it helps to know a sportswriter,
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This review is from: About 80 Percent Luck: A Novel (Hardcover)
Wojciechowski does a great job of capturing the flavor of the less glamorous aspects of sportswriting and that's the book's strong point.Some of the humor involving the baseball players may be a bit crude for some, but that's not too far from the way players act. I'm not from Chicago, but I can almost feel that city's presence in every page of the book, even when the action shifts to Mesa.
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outstanding,
By Larry L. Lay (Manhattan, ks. United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: About 80 Percent Luck: A Novel (Hardcover)
Gene has grabbed the world of baseball the way no one else has in a long time. This book is outstanding and should be a must for all baseball or for that matter sports junkies. Way to go Gene and keep it up
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