No Blood, No Foul: A Novel - Softcover

Rosen, Charley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583228284 ISBN 13: 9781583228289

Publisher: Seven Stories Press, 2008

Synopsis

Jason Lewis is a star college basketball player just back from World War II. He’s a hero, missing two fingers on his shooting hand. He can’t play any longer, so he makes the ultimate ballplayer’s sacrifice: he becomes a referee. Set in postwar New York during the founding of what will eventually be the NBA, No Blood, No Foul is the story of a man who must come to terms with a debilitating injury and chase after dreams of perfection in a decidedly imperfect world. Charley Rosen gives us not only a lovingly faithful insider’s look at the game of basketball, but a passionate story about what it meant to face life in an America that had lost its innocence.

About this title

About the Author:

A native of the Bronx and longtime pal of basketball guru Phil Jackson, CHARLEY ROSEN led the league in technical fouls during each of his six years as a coach in the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association. Since then he has become the world’s foremost writer of fiction and nonfiction on the subject of basketball, chronicling the drama that takes place both on and off the court. His many novels include The House of Moses All-Stars, a New York Times Notable Book, and Sammy Wong: All-American. His non-fiction works include The Scandals of ’51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball and More than a Game, with Phil Jackson. Rosen is an analyst for hoopshype.com and a devotee of the Triangle Offense. He lives in Accord, NY.

From Booklist:

Jason Lewis is a star basketball player at Metra College in New York. Then Pearl Harbor happens, and Jason enlists. He makes it home but without two fingers on his right hand. His playing days are over, and before he knows it, he is married to his high-school sweetheart, has a baby on the way, works selling  insurance for his father-in-law. But he misses basketball. To stay close to the game, Jason begins refereeing high-school games, then college, and finally pro games. Just being close to the rhythm of the game is a therapeutic respite from the residual terrors of war and his failing marriage. Rosen, a wonderful sportswriter and novelist who coauthored More than a Game (2001) with his friend and old coaching buddy Phil Jackson, has forgotten more basketball history than the best fans will ever know. He is also the game’s premier evangelist, preaching that basketball can be spiritual and redemptive. The message comes through powerfully in this moving novel about a man who finds peace, order, and a sense of self on the hardwood. --Wes Lukowsky

About this edition

• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1583228284
• ISBN 13: 9781583228289
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280