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The Sidekick

Benjamin Markovits

An unforgettable novel about basketball and race, friendship and envy, and the powerful divide that separates greatness from ordinary life.

Format
Ebook
ISBN
9780571371549
Date Published
31.05.2022
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Summary

ONE OF THIS WEEK‘S BEST NOVELS OF 2022
The perfect novel for fans of The Last Dance, Hoop Dreams and Winning Time

‘Exquisite. . . Warm, humane, and tragic.’ JONATHAN LETHEM

At his high school basketball try-outs, nerdy sports-obsessed Brian Blum meets new kid Marcus
Hayes. As a sportswriter, Brian spends the following twenty years tracking his friends’ superstar NBA
career. But when Marcus mounts his last dance comeback, after a couple of years out of the game,
both men must face the tensions of their unlikely dynamic, and the disappointments of getting
older.

‘There is something so compelling about the questions of whether these two friends, despite their
fraught history and hefty egos, will rekindle a genuine connection . . . you’ll want to know how the
game turns out
.’ TLS

‘Compelling and emotionally resonant.’ Spectator

‘Contemporary fiction’s best kept secret . . . It’s gratifying to observe someone with a large amount
of specific knowledge not only imparting that expertise, but unlocking some deeper meaning within
it, like a top sports star working their magic.’ Sunday Business Post

BenjaminMarkovits

Benjamin Markovits grew up in Texas, London and Berlin. He is the author of eleven novels, including Either Side of Winter, You Don’t Have To Live Like This, and Christmas in Austin. He has published essays, stories, poetry and reviews on subjects ranging from the Romantics to American sports in the Guardian, Granta, The Paris Review and The New York…

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