Will Blythe is the former literary editor of Esquire. A frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review, he has written for the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Elle, and the Oxford American, and is the editor of the acclaimed book Why I Write. His work has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Sportswriting. He grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and now lives in New York City.
You don't have to be a Tar Heel or Blue Devil to like [THLT], because it's funny, perceptive, and smart. -- Jonathan Yardley, Washington PostAn exceptionally entertaining parable in defense of good, healthy, all-American loathing.... an animosity the whole family can share. -- New York PostThe best book about politics I�ve read since All the King�s Men ... it's about basketball [like] Moby Dick is about whaling. -- Hartford Courant"A revelation.... an elegant testament to the way pastimes are far more than ways to pass the time." -- Publishers Weekly (signature review)"The kind of sportswriting that comes along so rarely you can count the classics on one hand . . . read this book." -- Play (New York Times Magazine sports supplement)"Blythe seduces with his story of Southern identity...passed down from fathers to their roaming sons...raucous, tender, and fierce." -- Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of "Random Family""The best book on basketball I have ever read ... destined to become a classic of sports literature." -- Pat Conroy"Not since Exley's A Fan's Notes has anyone produced such a graceful and elegiac evocation of place, family, and sport". -- Anthony Swofford, author of JarheadGoes far beyond the facile John Feinstein "inside a season" formula ... [Blythe] writes amusingly, self-deprecatingly and often beautifully. -- New York Times Book ReviewBlythe writes like a wizard ... Even if college basketball isn't your obsession, you'll get caught up in this. -- ElleHilarious and remarkably wise ... you don't want to say too much about [this book], for fear of spoiling the surprises. -- Sports IllustratedBlythe makes you want to scream from the sidelines... while his hate is contagious, the obvious affection behind it remains. -- New York PostBlythe brings great wit, style, and insight... a long-awaited American answer to Fever Pitch. -- Baltimore SunThe best book about loving a team since "A Fan's Notes" ... [a book] about a lot more than basketball. -- Greensboro News & Record
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