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You Gotta Play Hurt

by Dan Jenkins · 1991

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From the author of Semi-Toughcomes a hilarious novel chronicling one year in the life of irreverent sports columnist Jim Tom Pinch. "Bawdy, bitter, very funny...Jenkins's farewell salute to big-time sportswriting is a tell-all novel that deflates the hype around each and every event, from the Olympics to the Kentucky Derby to Wimbledon (Kirkus Reviews).

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisTexasTexasMore like thisLess of this
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