| Meet three of the most extraordi-nary characters in recent fiction:"Ghost" Galvin, the white super-star basketball player for the LosAngeles Lakers, now repelled bythe stardom he so richly deservesand looking for values more per-manent and profound; RebeccaBlesser, a reporter for Lift" magazinewhose investigation into themysterious death of Ghost s father(a vice-presidential candidate, whomight have been murdered, mighthave committed suicide, mighthave died a natural death) leadsher into a search for the secrets ofher own past; and a street-smarteleven-year-old called Radio (be-cause of the Walkman he perpetu-ally holds to drown out reality), abasketball player himself, whoseinsistence on finding his own father, incarcerated in a Michiganprison, brings the three of themtogether. Writing with the deceptivesimplicity of a great journalist,Peter Barsocchini weaves thestrands of love, suspense, and theglamour of major league sportsinto a novel where originality ismatched only by inventiveness--there is a surprise in it that willsimply astound every reader. Yetmost of all it is emotional truth thatresonates here how past pain cangenerate present love, how facingup to one s heritage can bring morereward than winning the cham-pionship of the world. This is anastonishing book in every way, atonce lyrical, cynical, suspenseful,and wise.PETER BARSOCCHINI grew up in SanFrancisco, where he worked formany years as a journalist. Cur-rently, he is a screenwriter and movie producer. He was himself a "ghost --for Merv Griffin s autobiography, Merv. He Jives in Los Angeles. |
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