John Grisham: Playing for Pizza (USA 2011) From the Publisher: John Grisham: Playing for Pizza. Bantam, ISBN: 9780385344005 (August, 2011), 272 p., $15.00.
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John Grisham: Playing for Pizza (UK 2011) From the Publisher: But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, finds a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback. Great says Rick -- for which team? The mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a player from the home of American footballat their helm. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers -- at least until a better offer comes along -- and heads off to Italy. He knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is), has never been to Europe, and doesn't speak or understand a word of Italian. To say that Italy - the land of opera, fine wines, extremely small cars, romance and football americano - holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement. John Grisham: Playing for Pizza. Arrow, ISBN: 9780099557265 (May, 2011), 325 p., £7.99.
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John Grisham: Playing for Pizza (USA 2008) From the Publisher: John Grisham: Playing for Pizza. Dell, ISBN: 0440244714 (July, 2008), 308 p., $7.99.
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John Grisham: Playing for Pizza (USA 2007) From the Publisher: But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, find a team that needs him. Against enormous odds Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback. Great, says Rick -- for which team? The mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player -- any former NFL player -- at their helm. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers -- at least until a better offer comes along -- and heads off to Italy. He knows nothing about Parma -- not even where it is -- has never been to Europe, and doesn?t speak or understand a word of Italian. To say that Italy -- the land of opera, fine wines, extremely small cars, romance, and Football Americano -- holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement. John Grisham: Playing for Pizza. Doubleday; ISBN: 0385525001 (September, 2007), 262 p., $21.95.
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John Grisham: Playing for Pizza (UK 2007) From the Publisher: But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, finds a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback. Great says Rick -- for which team? The mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a player from the home of American footballat their helm. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers -- at least until a better offer comes along -- and heads off to Italy. He knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is), has never been to Europe, and doesn't speak or understand a word of Italian. To say that Italy - the land of opera, fine wines, extremely small cars, romance and football americano - holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement. John Grisham: Playing for Pizza. Century, ISBN: 1846053684 (September, 2007), 262 p., £15.00.
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