Playing for Pizza

• Popis

Playing for Pizza is well plotted and shows Grisham's gift for coming up with twists and appealing minor characters. Sunday Times Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the deciding game at the climax of the season, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughing stock and, of course, was immediately dropped by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, finds a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Arnie finally locates just such a team and 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. To say that Italy - the land of opera, fine wines, extremely small cars, romance and football americano - holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.