JOHN GRISHAM- PLAYING FOR PIZZA, HARDCOVER, PRELOVED

HARDCOVER, WITH JACKET. VGC. PUBLISHED 2007, CENTURY, LONDON. THE NO 1 BESTSELLER JOHN GRISHAM BRINGS YOU 'PLAYING FOR PIZZA". RICK DOCKERY WAS THE THIRD-STRING QUARTERBACK FOR THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. IN THE DECIDING GAME AT THE CLIMAX OF THE SEASON, TO THE SURPRISE & DISMAY OF VIRTUALLY EVERYONE, RAY ACTUALLY GOT INTO THE GAME. WITH A 17 POINT LEAD & JUST MINUTES TO GO, RICK PROVIDED WHAT WAS ARGUABLY THE WORST SINGLE PERFORMANCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE NFL. OVERNIGHT, HE BECAME A NATIONAL LAUGHING STOCK &, OF COURSE, WAS IMMEDIATELY DROPPED BY THE THE BROWNS & SHUNNED BY ALL OTHER TEAMS. BUT ALL RICK KNOWS IS FOOTBALL & HE INSISTS THAT HIS AGENT, ARNIE, FINDS HIM A TEAM THAT NEEDS HIM. AGAINST ENORMOUS ODDS, ARNIE FINALLY LOCATES JUST SUCH A TEAM & INFORMS RICK THAT, MIRACULOUSLY, HE CAN IN FACT NOW BE A STARTING QUARTERBACK. GREAT, SAYS RICK, FOR WHICH TEAM? THE MIGHTY PANTHERS OF PARMA, ITALY. YES, ITALIANS DO PLAY AMERICAN FOOTBALL, TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER, & THE PANTHERS DESPERATELY NEED A PLAYER FROM THE HOME OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL AT THEIR HELM. SO RICK RELUCTANTLY AGREES TO PLAY FOR THE PANTHERS - AT LEAST TILL A BETTER OFFER COMES ALONG - & HEADS OFF TO ITALY. HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT PARMA, HAS NEVER BEEN TO EUROPE, & DOESN'T SPEAK OR UNDERSTAND A WORD OF ITALIAN. TO SAY THAT ITALY - THE LAND OF OPREA, FINE WINES, EXTREMELY SMALL CARS, ROMANCE & FOOTBALL AMERICANO - HOLDS A FEW SURPRISES FOR RICK DOCKERY WOULD BE SOMETHING OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT.