Readers who can read the book without applying their own emotions will find times when they want to cry.” -Odessa American “A great job of capturing Odessa as it really is. The undercurrents that shape society are all at play here.” -Milwaukee Journal A story that is bigger than Odessa, bigger than Texas for that matter. “Bissinger’s book moves far beyond sport, in a telling, damning sociological sketch.” -Miami Herald An athletic Common Ground.” -Boston Herald “ with empathy, and he writes superbly.” -Houston Chronicle “Not only one of the best sports books in recent years, but one of the most revealing looks at America’s small-town values- good and bad-you are likely to read.” -Denver Post Bissinger touches the real boy in American manhood when he writes about game-time Friday night.” -Christian Science Monitor Friday Night Lights is a book about lust and longing, aspiration and education, sex roles, race relations, economic uncertainty and national identity.” -Philadelphia Inquirer “Bears comparison to the brightly illuminating fictional works of Ring Lardner and Jack London. More than a sports book, it’s a search for the America of ordinary people.” -Newsday “Friday Night Lights offers a biting indictment of the sports craziness that grips … most of American society, while at the same time providing a moving evocation of its powerful allure.” -New York Times Book Review The inspiration for the hit television program and film of the same name, this anniversary edition features a new afterword by the author.Praise for Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights

Bissinger unforgettably captures a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires - and sometimes shatters - the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms. With frankness and compassion, Pulitzer Prize winner H.

Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night from September to December, when the Panthers play football, dreams can come true. Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa - the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Named Sports Illustrated' s best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them. Like New Condition except for Inscription on first page. Paperback 25th Anniversary Edition Printed 2015 by Da Capo Press

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