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Il professionista - John Grisham, Nicoletta Lamberti
Il professionista
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Rick Dockery, ex promessa del football americano, é un quarterback che non ha mai saputo trovare la spinta necessaria per diventare un grande giocatore. La sua camera sembra ormai avviata verso una dignitosa mediocrita, con un ruolo di seconda riserva nell'NFL, la massima serie americana. Una... show more
Rick Dockery, ex promessa del football americano, é un quarterback che non ha mai saputo trovare la spinta necessaria per diventare un grande giocatore. La sua camera sembra ormai avviata verso una dignitosa mediocrita, con un ruolo di seconda riserva nell'NFL, la massima serie americana. Una sera, pero, éntrato in campo sul netto vantaggio del la pro-
pria squadra, Rick riesce a rovinare la partita, e la propria vita, con quella che sará descritta da tutti i media come la peggior performance nella storia del football professionistico. Quando, dopo un incidente in campo, Rick si sveglia in un letto d'ospedale, la sua squadra lo ha giá licenziato.

Ma giocare a football é l'unico mestiere che Rick conosce, e per questo prega il proprio agente di trovargli, nonostante la sua ormai pessima fama, un ingaggio qualsiasi che lo aiuti a superare la crisi.

English:

Rick Dockery, a former promise of American football, is a quarterback who has never been able to find the necessary push to become a great player. His room now seems to be heading towards a dignified mediocrity, with a role as second reserve in the NFL, the best American series. One evening, however, came on the net benefit of the pro-
ere team, Rick manages to ruin the game, and their lives, in what will be described by all media as the worst performance in the history of pro football. When, after an accident in the field, Rick wakes up in a hospital bed, his team has already fired.
But playing football is the only job that Rick knows, and so pray to your agent to find him, despite his bad reputation now, an engagement that any aid to overcome the crisis.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9788804573487 (8804573481)
Publisher: Mondadori
Pages no: 288
Edition language: Italian
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3.5 “Playing For Pizza” by John Grisham -perfect pool-side read in Italy
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4.0 Playing for Pizza
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artsy musings of a bibliophile rated it
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