<![CDATA[Heroes: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[Heroes: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190204788m/1911282.jpg 1911282 2 <div>"This is as good a novel—as well written a novel—centering on Dr. Naismith’s game as any I’ve read."—Ira Berkow, from the foreword. <br><br>Albert Biederman, pushing forty, is a sportswriter in River City, Iowa, where college basketball carries the town through the cold winter months. The River State University team has been newly energized by a junior-college transfer who is from Chicago's South Side. Belvyn Menkus is a blond-Afroed point guard who takes the game to a higher level—"the first player," Al says, "to stir my imagination in eighteen years of covering River State basketball." Researching Menkus's background, Al discovers forged transcriptions and recruiting violations. Breaking the story could land him a job on a big-city paper, but what would that cost the player, the town, and Al's own sense of the justice of the game?<br><br></div> 1913219 1984 Heroes: A Novel total:5|5:1|4:1|3:1|1:2| 5 14 9 0 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 10:30:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 10:30:18 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 06:27:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 18:25:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 06:27:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 25 07:47:03 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 07:47:03 -0800 2009 1 0 false false Thu Jul 03 00:08:44 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 00:08:44 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 25 16:08:33 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 16:08:36 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Tue Jan 08 09:34:02 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 09:34:02 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Nov 26 12:38:06 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 12:38:06 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Wed Nov 07 19:32:33 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 19:32:33 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Fri Oct 12 10:20:01 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 10:20:01 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1911282