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008    150727s2016    nyu           000 1 eng   
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020    0393249468|q(hardcover) 
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050 00 PS3602.A34|bT48 2016 
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100 1  Bachelder, Chris. 
245 14 The throwback special :|ba novel /|cChris Bachelder. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c[2016] 
300    213 pages;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    Follows the lives of a group of men who gather annually to
       recreate the November 1985 football play in which Joe 
       Theismann suffered a horrible, career-ending broken leg. 
520    The Throwback Special is the story of twenty-two ordinary 
       guys who gather each fall to reenact what ESPN has called 
       the most shocking play in NFL history: the November 1985 
       play in which Joe Theismann of the Washington Redskins had
       his leg horribly broken by Lawrence Taylor of the New York
       Giants on Monday Night Football. (The play was known by 
       the Redskins as the Throwback Special.) Over the course of
       a weekend we follow the men as they choose roles; spend a 
       long night of the soul revealing their secret hopes, fears,
       and passions as they prepare for the game; and finally 
       enact their strange and yet oh-so-American ritual for what
       may be the last time. With his trademark microfine sense 
       of humor and tragic sense of history (Michael Chabon), 
       Chris Bachelder s moving and very funny tale is filled 
       with pitch-perfect observations about manhood, marriage, 
       and middle age. 
650  0 Male friendship|zUnited States|vFiction. 
650  0 Masculinity|xSocial aspects|zUnited States|vFiction. 
651  0 United States|xSocial life and customs|vFiction. 
655  7 Humorous fiction.|2lcgft 
994    92|bCKE