{"product_id":"the-jim-murray-reader-9780803283268","title":"The Jim Murray Reader","description":"Jim Murray, the dean of American sportswriters, entertained readers with writing that is so good and so funny that even people who don't like sports read him. \u003ci\u003eThe Jim Murray Reader\u003c\/i\u003e gathers some of Murray's best columns from the height of his career and showcases the wit and the style that won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1990.\u003cbr\u003e His inexhaustible talent and limitless range are on full display here: from the perplexities of tennis scoring (\"a game in which love counts for nothing, deuces are wild, and the scoring system was invented by Lewis Carroll\") and baseball rules (\"The infield fly rule is about as simple as calligraphy. It might as well be a Japanese naval code\") to Murray's Laws (\"The way to make a line move faster is to join the other one\") and many of his colorful profiles (\"Richard Petty has climbed in more windows than 50 car thieves. . . . He wasn't born, he was assembled and modified\"). His striking images, evocative prose, and hyperbolic one-liners have made Murray one of the most quotable and most celebrated sports columnists of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803283268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Jim Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643707781276,"sku":"9780803283268","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_71601ec3-8538-4824-8420-56bd3cf9cdcf.jpg?v=1603857114","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-jim-murray-reader-9780803283268","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}