false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg 774032 11 Frederick Exley recounts his life as the son of a hero-worshipped high school athlete who is doomed to be a spectator not only of sports, but of life. From irresponsible drifter, to dreamer of impossible dreams, to drunkard, to frequent patient at an insane asylum, Exley carried baggage from his childhood through much of his adult life, never feeling he could escape the dark cloud of expectation that hung over him. When Frank Gifford, former New York Giants backfield star, is injured, Exley is jolted into painful realizations about his life, and a confession. 2466791 1968 A Fan's Notes total:700|5:329|4:199|3:126|2:37|1:9| 700 2902 994 136 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 4 1 false Mon Nov 24 08:40:50 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 08:49:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 5 2 false Mon Jun 09 12:07:12 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 12:07:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 5 1 false Thu Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 14:28:43 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 09:02:40 -0700 2008
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The last 200 pages = what it must have been like to have to sit next to him at a bar. Exhilirating at first, depressing in t...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 5 0 false Sat Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 13:22:18 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 14:04:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 5 0 false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 03:53:58 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 03:53:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 5 1 false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:26:30 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 12:32:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 5 0 false Thu Aug 14 21:53:06 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 22:07:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 4 0 false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 11:09:04 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 15:32:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 4 0 false Tue Apr 08 12:34:12 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 12:58:53 -0700 2008
Namely because Fred Exley makes it abundantly clear that he is at terms with his loathsomeness and at ...more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 5 0 false Thu Oct 04 08:25:06 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 09 14:30:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 4 0 false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 25 14:23:06 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 17 15:36:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 07 10:55:02 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 11:06:13 -0800 2008 more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 4 0 false Fri Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Nov 10 12:36:01 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 12:40:01 -0800 2009
And I didn't know the bit about baseball games not being played on the radio within a certain radius. That was fascinating: Exley driving far enough o...more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 5 0 false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 07 15:11:10 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 00:46:29 -0800 2009
Very good at lending a comic edge to the dark side of the delusional self, full of unfulfill...more...]]> 774032 0679720766 9780679720768 636 127 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231994m/774032.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/774032.A_Fan_s_Notes 4 0 false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:09:11 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 15:16:18 -0700 2009
I'm not really a sports fan, but that didn't dominate the book. Rather, it's the story of a man's slow death due to regret. When he was once the local sports hero, he is now the local ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=774032