Paper Lion

Confessions of a last-string quarterback

George Plimpton

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JONATHAN CAPE
18 August 2016

Sports & outdoor recreation; American football

The book that made a legend, and a classic of sports writing - George Plimpton's Paper Lion is published in the UK on its 50th anniversary.

In the mid-1960s, George Plimpton talked his way into the Detroit Lions' pre-season training camp and in doing so set the bar for participatory sports journalism. With his characteristic wit, Plimpton recounts his experience of a month practising and living with the team - getting to know the pressures and tensions rookies confront, the hijinks, taking behind the scenes snaps and capturing a host of American football rites and rituals.

Plimpton might not have made it as a quarterback, but fifty years after its first publication, Paper Lion remains one of the most insightful and entertaining classics of sports literature.

By: George Plimpton
Imprint: JONATHAN CAPE
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 266g
ISBN: 9780224100229
ISBN 10: 022410022X
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 18 August 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

George Plimpton (1927-2003) was the bestselling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the Paris Review. He wrote regularly for such magazines as Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.

Reviews for Paper Lion: Confessions of a last-string quarterback

A continuous feast... The best book ever about football - or anything! * Wall Street Journal * A great book that makes football absolutely fascinating to fan and non-fan alike...a tale to gladden the envious heart of every weekend athlete... Plimpton has endless curiosity, unshakable enthusiasm and nerve, and a deep respect for the world he enters * New York Times * The agility and imaginativeness of his prose transforms his account of this daydream into a classic of sports reporting * New Yorker * Possibly the most arresting and delightful narrative in all of sports literature * Book Week * With his gentle, ironic tone, and unwillingness to take himself too seriously, along with Roger Angell, John Updike and Norman Mailer he made writing about sports something that mattered. * Guardian *