Big Time

by Phil Berger

Big Time is a compelling novel that tracks, with unerring accuracy, the basketball era of the 1950's. It's all there - from the old Madison Square Garden between 49th and 50th streets (with those frankfurters sizzling on the Needick's grill) to the complex point-shaving scandals that shocked the sports world. At the center of it all is a character you won't forget - big Jake Cardoza, a guy who had it all; fame, fortune, good looks, and a hook shot that never missed. But Jake Cardoza also had a compulsion to live his life out on the edge, never content to leave well enough alone. And therein lies a hell of a tale.

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1983