Page de couverture de Playing for Pizza

Playing for Pizza

A Novel

 Aperçu

Obtenez gratuitement l’abonnement Premium Plus pendant 30 jours

14,95 $/mois après l’essai de 30 jours. Annulez à tout moment.
Essayer pour 0,00 $
Autres options d’achat
Acheter pour 21,02 $

Acheter pour 21,02 $

À propos de cet audio

 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Fans of John Grisham live for his legal thrillers, but now and then he serves up something unexpected. That’s 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 job—as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers . . . of Parma, Italy.

The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player—any former NFL player—at their helm. And now they’ve got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn’t speak a word of Italian. To say that Italy—the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and football americano—holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement. Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction littéraire Littérature et fiction Sportive Italie Jeu

Ce que les critiques en disent

“Enthralling.”—People

“This is a fish-out-of-water tale that perfectly suits Grisham’s strengths as a storyteller. . . . A feel-good story, a tale of maturing and finding your way in the world.”—USA Today

“Grisham at his best . . . a page-turner of a story.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

“Football in Italy? Who knew? Grisham means to have a sweet time with this story of a fallen NFL quarterback. And he does.”—New York Daily News

“A delightfully comic tale of redemption . . . deeply satisfying.”—The Boston Globe

“A winsome football fable, replete with team bonding and character-building . . . the result is a charming fish-out-of-water story.”—Publishers Weekly
Tout
Les plus pertinents
A fun and engaging story centered on football but also about life in Italy with travel, food and new friends. A joy to listen to!

An Engaging Sport Story

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
Playing for Pizza is a fun and refreshing adventure that showcases a very different side of John Grisham. Known for his legal thrillers, Grisham takes a detour to Italy and the world of American football with this charming, lighthearted story. It's fast-paced, funny, and full of heart. The setting and characters are vivid, and the cultural clash adds a great twist to the plot. It may be different from his usual work, but it’s equally as good in its own right. Highly recommend it to everyone—even if you’re not a football fan!

what a fun story 🍕

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
great story. I would've liked the narrator to research how to pronounce the Canadian city of Regina, they sounded pretty ridiculous.

pronunciation

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
If you enjoy football, you will love this. However there is a story line involved that kept me listening all night so I could know what happened. Yes there is a love story but it is not the main story.

It is also partly a tour of Italy which I enjoyed very much.

Playing for Pizza

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.
About as disappointing as you can be about a book from an author who typically delivers up much, much better story

Brital

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.