Neil D. Isaacs

Isaacs (English, Univ. of Maryland) has published several nonfiction sports titles in addition to scholarly work. His first novel is based on the life of Jack Molinas (1931-75), basketball great, lawyer, gambler, and ex-con. College English teacher Jesse Miller has worshiped the larger-than-life Molinas for years. After Molinas is murdered, Miller sets out to write a biography and come to terms with his own fascination. This novel is competently written and moves swiftly through Molinas's life story, a cautionary tale of great talent gone completely sour. Buy wherever sports fiction is popular.
- A.J. Wright, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
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