- Paperback
- Publisher: New American Library (January 1, 1967)
- ASIN: B002G6H88I
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Robert Daley At His Romantic Best,
This review is from: Only a Game (Kindle Edition)
WHEN I FINISHED READING BOB DALEY'S Only A Game I WAS SAD. NOT ONLY BECAUSE THE BOOK WAS OVER, BUT BECAUSE DUKE CRAIG AND MARGIE BERGER WERE VICTIMS OF FORCES MORE POWERFUL THAN THEMSELVES, NOT UNLIKE Romeo and Juliet.
LIKE SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE TRAGEDY, ONE FEELS THEIR ACCUMULATING SORROW, BUT WE'RE ALSO DISTRACTED BY THE EQUALLY POWERFUL STORY BEING PLAYED OUT ON THE FIELD WHERE DUKE'S OTHER LOVE, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, IS ALSO COMING TO ITS DRAMATIC CONCLUSION. WE'RE TEMPTED TO STOP FOLLOWING THESE STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, BUT WE'RE UNABLE TO. WE WANT THEM TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND DALEY KEEPS US GLUED TO HIS BOOK UNTIL WE LEARN IF THEY DO. John Robben
5.0 out of 5 stars
Robert Daley At His Romantic Best!,
This review is from: Only a Game (Paperback)
WHEN I FINISHED READING BOB DALEY'S Only A Game I WAS SAD. NOT ONLY BECAUSE THE BOOK WAS OVER, BUT BECAUSE DUKE CRAIG AND MARGIE BERGER WERE VICTIMS OF FORCES MORE POWERFUL THAN THEMSELVES, NOT UNLIKE Romeo and Juliet.
LIKE SHAKESPEARE'S LOVE TRAGEDY, ONE FEELS THEIR ACCUMULATING SORROW, BUT WE'RE ALSO DISTRACTED BY THE EQUALLY POWERFUL STORY BEING PLAYED OUT ON THE FIELD WHERE DUKE'S OTHER LOVE, PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, IS ALSO COMING TO ITS DRAMATIC CONCLUSION. WE'RE TEMPTED TO STOP FOLLOWING THESE STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, BUT WE'RE UNABLE TO. WE WANT THEM TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND DALEY KEEPS US GLUED TO HIS BOOK UNTIL WE LEARN IF THEY DO.
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Only a Game,
By Parisonn of Atlantis (Minneapolis, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Only a Game (Kindle Edition)
Robert Daley's six years as publicity director for the New York Giants pay off in this well-grounded novel about an aging halfback who feels his career, image, and sense of personal satisfaction slipping away. That this loss is dramatized through an extra-marital affair seems convenient and melodramatic, especially since the two women are superficially drawn, but the fading hero's sense of loss is acutely felt and the pro-football background of the pre-Super Bowl era is persuasively presented.
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