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Now I Can Die in Peace: How The Sports Guy Found Salvation Thanks to the World Champion (Twice!) Red Sox |  | Author: Bill Simmons
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 48593
Media: Paperback
Pages: 464
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1933060727
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357640974461
EAN: 9781933060729
ASIN: 1933060727
Publication Date: March 24, 2009
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A must-read for any Red Sox fan! May 4, 2010
V. Ho (Aurora, CO USA)
Fantastic trip through recent history -- with more footnotes than you can shake a stick at. Go Sox!
My Favorite Book Ever February 22, 2010
Burt (Lisle, IL United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I do not know if this book will be as good for you as it is for me. I am an avid Red Sox fan, a smart aleck, and born in the 1960's. I can relate to almost everything in this book. I think people under 30 might miss on some of the pop-culture references. I think people less passionate about the Red Sox will not relate as well to some things. But for me, this book is the best.
There are so many places this book feels like I wrote it myself: the rants against Roger Clemens, the love for Red Sox folk hero Rich Garces, the love of Pedro, and the many references to The Godfather and several other favorite movies and TV shows. I live in Chicago and felt former third base coach Wendell Kim cost the Cubs several games a few years ago. I laughed out load reading the section where the author once again perfectly verbalized my feelings (I didn't realize Wave 'em Wendell was equally rotten for the Red Sox).
About 50% of the reading is footnotes. I was put off by the writing style the first page or two. However, once I got into this book, I could not put it down. Smart aleck Red Sox fans, you are in for a real treat!
 Sweet and sower memories February 13, 2010
Peter Ingemi (Worcester County, Massachusetts United States)
Bill Simmons book is a walk down memory lane with a completion of his various writings and columns from the late 90's to the raising of the World series flag.
Unlike other compilations the action takes place in the margins. Little notes on the side commenting on the things he has said and wrote and little stories about the events. it is those marginal writings that are the real meat and potatoes of the book.
It is an odd thing to read this book and to remember the times when one waited for disaster to overtake our team, knowing deep inside that it would come.
If you want to get a real grasp of what it was like, then this book is for you.
Great Purchase February 1, 2010
M. Prudhomme
I loved this book (even though I hate the Red Sox). Bill Simmons is an awesome author, you will enjoy this book!
Amazing February 1, 2010
Karen Swift (trojans85)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought this for my son at his request, he is not a reader! He does enough reading of his college books, so to read for pleasure I was surprised, He did not put this book down! 23 yrs I have never seen him get into a book , but he does like the author , so wanted to give his books a whirl, I bought him the set , the first one he read and took the other back to school with him.
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