Playing for Pizza: A Novel

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Fans of John Grisham live for his legal thrillers but now and then he serves up something unexpected. Thats exactly what he does with great success in Playing for Pizza.USA Today After providing what is arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL third-string quarterback Rick Dockery becomes a national laughingstock. Cut by the Cleveland Browns and shunned by every other team Rick insists that his agent find a team that does need him. Against enormous odds Rick lands a jobas the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers . . . of Parma Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL playerany former NFL playerat their helm. And now theyve got Rick who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesnt speak a word of Italian. To say that Italythe land of fine wines extremely small cars and football americanoholds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement.