Playing for Pizza

by John Grisham

Playing for PizzaGrisham, John

Paperback

Published January 1, 2008

About the author

John Grisham is the author of more than fifty consecutive #1 bestsellers, which have been translated into nearly fifty languages. His recent books include Framed, Camino Ghosts and The Exchange: After the Firm.

Grisham is a two-time winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction and was honored with the Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction.

When he's not writing, Grisham serves on the board of directors of the Innocence Project and of Centurion Ministries, two national organizations dedicated to exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted. Much of his fiction explores deep-seated problems in our criminal justice system.

John lives on a farm in central Virginia.

Reviews

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book about an American NFL quarterback playing football in Italy.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I picked this book to read since my son has to read it for one of his English classes (why this book...no idea). It was okay but way different than I thought a JG book would be. 3rd string QB Rick "REEK" gets booted from the Browns (ick!) and his agent finds him a job playing in Parma,Italy. The descriptions of the Italian culture and food are VERY detailed. Honestly loved reading about the Italian food. As a football fan, I also enjoyed the detailed football talk. My son should have no issues reading this.

[Louise Borda · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF. So boring. As many others have commented, not your typical Grisham. Protagonist "Rick" is supremely unlikeable, coupled with pretty much no plot whatsoever, halfway through, and I just couldn't slog through it anymore. As short it is, it seemed interminable. Skip it unless you are so fascinated by detailed descriptions of every single meal, misogynistic commentary about every single female character, and detailed descriptions of every minute on the playing field. I should have ditched this read sooner.

[Boaz Ben-Zvi · Rating 2 out of 5]

למרות שג'ון גרישם הוא אחד הסופרים האהובים עלי, ומכל אחד מספריו שקראתי למדתי לא מעט על דינים, ועניני חוק ומשפט - הספר "לשחק בשביל פיצה" אינו עוסק כמעט בשום ענין משפטי.
הספר הזה סובב סביב פוטבול (אמריקאי), ושחקן אמריקאי הנוסע לשחק באיטליה.
מכיוון שלי אין שום ענין בפוטבול, דיי השתעממתי בקריאה !! עצתי - מי שלא חובב פוטבול עדיף שיוותר על קריאת ספר זה !!

[Aurelia Epperson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun easy read and the descriptions of food and wine in Italy kept me hungry the whole time - is it dinner time yet?!

[Joyce Kramer · Rating 1 out of 5]

Disappointed in Grisham

[Megan]

Not your typical John Grisham. This book is about Italy and football. If you don't have an interest in these 2 things, don't bother reading this book. If you do, then it's a good book.