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The Throwback Special

af Chris Bachelder

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The Throwback Special is the story of twenty-two ordinary guys who gather each fall to reenact what ESPN has called the most shocking play in NFL history: the November 1985 play in which Joe Theismann of the Washington Redskins had his leg horribly broken by Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants on Monday Night Football. (The play was known by the Redskins as the Throwback Special.) Over the course of a weekend we follow the men as they choose roles; spend a long night of the soul revealing their secret hopes, fears, and passions as they prepare for the game; and finally enact their strange and yet oh-so-American ritual for what may be the last time. With his trademark "microfine sense of humor and tragic sense of history" (Michael Chabon), Chris Bachelder's moving and very funny tale is filled with pitch-perfect observations about manhood, marriage, and middle age.… (mere)
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The funniest book about the crisis of middle aged white American males written last year. I mean, probably. ( )
  lelandleslie | Feb 24, 2024 |
I picked this one up because it was the book of the month at my local library. There isn't much plot to speak of, but sketches of various middle aged men. The author examines how they interact by setting up a story about a yearly re-creation of a famous football play. ( )
  CarolHicksCase | Mar 12, 2023 |
This was a Tournament of Books pick, and I really enjoyed it! I don't tend to stray toward sports books, but this was really more about the relationships and quirks/idiosyncrasies of men who gather to relive a sports-based tradition every year. It is a quick read/listen .. I also gave it to my husband to read, and he also read it quickly. There are 20 men in the book (not to mention the other side characters), and at first, it seems a little difficult to keep them straight (here, the audio version probably helped a little, with the different voices), but after a while, the more "main" characters shine through and you realize you don't really need to focus on the specifics of the others..
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  avanders | Nov 23, 2020 |
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  snakes6 | Aug 25, 2020 |
Funny book that reminds me how hard it is to do funny and how unlikely I probably am to enjoy a funny book without reservation even if it were unreservedly successful. This was on my radar since it was shortlisted in the Tournament of Books last year. It's the right length and it's refreshingly specific. The meandering POV reminded me of the first person plural narrator of [b:Then We Came to the End|97782|Then We Came to the End|Joshua Ferris|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442800496s/97782.jpg|2926759] and it still worked for me, mostly. ( )
  asxz | Mar 13, 2019 |
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The Throwback Special is the story of twenty-two ordinary guys who gather each fall to reenact what ESPN has called the most shocking play in NFL history: the November 1985 play in which Joe Theismann of the Washington Redskins had his leg horribly broken by Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants on Monday Night Football. (The play was known by the Redskins as the Throwback Special.) Over the course of a weekend we follow the men as they choose roles; spend a long night of the soul revealing their secret hopes, fears, and passions as they prepare for the game; and finally enact their strange and yet oh-so-American ritual for what may be the last time. With his trademark "microfine sense of humor and tragic sense of history" (Michael Chabon), Chris Bachelder's moving and very funny tale is filled with pitch-perfect observations about manhood, marriage, and middle age.

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