Now I Can Die in Peace
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Now I Can Die in Peace by Bill Simmons
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Bill Simmons replays the years leading up to the Boston Red Sox historic championship season and says goodbye to a lifetime of suffering. At least for now."The Red Sox won the World Series." To Citizen No. 1 of Red Sox Nation, those seven words meant "No more 1918 chants. No more smug glances from Yankee fans. No more worrying about living an entire life -- that's 80 years, followed by death without seeing the Red Sox win a Series."
But once he was able to type those life-changing words, Bill Simmons decided to look back at his Sports Guy columns for the last five years to find out how the miracle came to pass. And that's where the trouble began. Why didnt he see it coming? Why didn't it happen sooner? What was the key deal, the lucky move, the funny bounce, the sign from above that he failed to spot? Pretty soon, The Sports Guy was second-guessing himself, rewriting history, sniping at his own past predictions, pounding the table -- that's what sports guys do, right? And doing so, he let himself get sidetracked by the suffering of the Boston Bruins, frustrated by the false promise of the Celtics -- and driven into a state of ecstasy by the dynastic New England Patriots.
The result is Now I Can Die in Peace, a hilarious and fresh new look at some of the best sportswriting in America, with sharp critical commentary (and fresh insights) from the guy who wrote it in the first place.
Bill Simmons served as a Baptist minister in the United Kingdom for sixteen years before learning that rather than trying to escape the world, he should embrace it. He's worked as a youth officer for the London Youth Service, a teacher in higher education, and a community development consultant and trainer. He has been married to a wonderful Hoosier lady for twenty-three years and has spent the last fifteen years working as a mental health worker in a group home for problematic kids.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781933060729 |
| ISBN 10 | 1933060727 |
| Title | Now I Can Die in Peace |
| Author | Bill Simmons |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2009-03-24 |
| Number of pages | 468 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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