Playing For Pizza (Limited Edition): A Novel |
John Grisham
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Hardcover |
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$175.00
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$127.75
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| Published by | Doubleday |
| Release date | 2007-11-06 |
| ISBN | 0385525176 |
| Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours |
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This limited edition of Playing for Pizza is signed and numbered by John Grisham. It has full-cloth binding, foil stamping, a ribbon marker, and a full-cloth slipcase.
Playing for Pizza: A Q&A with John Grisham Q: American football in Italy seems like an unlikely subject for a John Grisham novel. What was the inspiration for Playing for Pizza? A: Three years ago when I was in Bologna researching "The Broker", I discovered American football. One of my guides in the area played football for the Bologna Warriors for 10 years. I couldn't believe that American football actually existed there, but the more I heard about it the more intrigued I became. Q: There is some great football writing in this novel. What kind of research was involved in capturing how this American institution is played in small town Italy? A: The only way to research the book was to go to Parma and watch a game. The coach is an American who played at Illinois State, and he proved to be extremely valuable. I met many of the Italian players and the story simply unfolded. Q: Speaking of research, you write lovingly of Italian food and wine in this book. What's your idea of the perfect Italian meal? A: First course: prosicutto and melon; second course: stuffed tortellini; third course: roasted stuffed capon, all served with a great Barolo wine. Q: Without giving away too much of the plot, your protagonist falls in love by the novel's end. Did you know when you started writing that Rick would get the girl? A: Of course. Q: You have a new legal thriller coming in January 2008. Can you give us any hints about what to expect? A: I really don't like to talk about a book until it's finished. Sorry. But it will not be another work of non-fiction, nor will it be about football. Lots of lawyers in the next one.
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Customer Reviews - courtesy of Amazon.com ( Marked4Sale.com is not responsible for review content )
Not quite authentic pizza
Years ago, after reading two or three Grisham products, I promised myself that I would never ago waste my time by reading another. Then I saw this bit and read a review and fell for it. Well it is exceptionally light, utterly predictable, and implausable. It is hard to believe that he watched even one football game or spent a minute in Italy before writing this piece. Well, it's back to plan A. Grisham to the Z list.
Fluffy Entertainment
This was an entertaining read. I enjoyed the characters, the descriptions of food and the football scenes. Yes, the story does not present a lot of depth and the characters are not pondering the deeper meaning of life. Instead they show that life's pleasures sometimes lie within the more ordinary and simple things.
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Great Book to Read While on Vacation
My husband and I recently listened to the unabridged audio version of this book while driving cross country. We thought the book was maybe more of a travel log than anything else, since we learned a lot about Italian food and tourist attractions. But of course we also learned a lot about Italian football. Who knew????
I'm adding this to my list of books to buy for friends and family.
Not good for kids
One of my favorite things about John is that his books are clean. This one has lots of inuendos and lots of non-detailed sex in it. So, although the story line is kind of cute, i ended up having to rip out pages of it and blot out lots of lines so that my son could read it. For our family, clean is best!
Change of Pace
PLAYING FOR PIZZA was a nice discovery and a welcome change from Grisham's usual tales of lawyers who save the world, again....and, well, again...and, of course, one more time.
In this book he offers up a clever and highly enteraining story of a washed up Quarterback who goes to Italy (quickly and with good reason) to play for a team in the Italian Football League.
It has a wonderful cast of characters, some great insight to traveling or living in Italy, and is really a good little escape. I read it on several plane trips and momentarily forgot about being stuck in coach.
Buy the book because it is entertaining and an enjoyable read. Better still, it won't have you saying to yourself, 'Huh? Lemme guess...the hero's an attorney?' from page one.
I suspect that maybe he even really enjoyed writing this one and, you know what? It shows.
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