This was a timely read with what is happening in race relations right now. It is about high school football in Odessa, Texas. It follows the life of the key players and has a follow-up chapter 25 years since the book was published.
The author really gave his all to this book, moving his family to Odessa, Texas for two years. His liberal bias comes in when he covers the Bush family (who lived in Odessa for a year), assuming what is in people's hearts and implying that all conservatives are idiots. This was 1988. That bias has been taken to a whole new level in today's climate.
The thing that was so surprising to me was that this town did not integrate until 1980, many years after Brown vs. Board of Education!
I can totally understand why this book is on the 1000 Books to Read Before You Die list!
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