{"product_id":"9781788701969-cost-of-these-dreams","title":"The Cost of These Dreams","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSports Stories and Other Serious Business\u003cbr\u003eIncredible stories from the award-winning American sportswriter, whose fans include John Grisham and Richard Ford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Full of rich characters, bad actors, heroes, drama, suffering, courage, conflict, and vivid detail' John Grisham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e****************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of America's most beloved sportswriters, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is only one Wright Thompson. His work includes the most read articles in the history of ESPN and has been anthologised in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Sports Writing \u003c\/i\u003ebooks ten times. But to say his pieces are about sports, while true as far as it goes, is like saying Larry McMurty's \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about a cattle drive. Wright Thompson figures people out. Whether it be Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods or Lionel Messi or Pat Riley, he strips away the self-serving myths and fantasies to fully reveal his characters, and what drives them, in a way that few others can. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLudicrously entertaining and often powerfully moving, \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of These Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eis an ode to the reporter's art and a celebration of true greatness and the high price that it exacts. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e****************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Proves that the best sports writing is never about sport, but the human condition. Thompson writes vividly about things I didn't see but wish I had done' Duncan Hamilton, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wright Thompson performs that nifty bit of sportswriting hoodoo, virtually out of vogue today: he subordinates self to story. \u003cb\u003eStylishly, intelligently, incisively, deftly, he keeps his priorities straight. \u003c\/b\u003eIt's why I read him' Richard Ford\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30323090751585,"sku":"9781788701969","price":13.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31306708.jpg?v=1731573475","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781788701969-cost-of-these-dreams","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}