To stjerner fordi jeg i det minste ble sulten av å lese om all maten.I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book Playing for Pizza by John Grisham. Ingen av personene er det minste interessante, boken er fri for spenning og Grisham skriver Danmark-flat prosa. Boka virker å være skrevet for folk som aldri har vært i Italia, og oppfyller alle klisjeene om italienere: De kjører Fiat, snakker mye, spiser lenge, er småkorrupte og elsker opera. Til tider virker det som han snakker med vandrende wikipedier. Grisham legger researchen i munnen på folkene som fotballspilleren Rick møter. Denne gang pakkes Italia-triviaen inn i historien om en amerikansk fotballspiller (han spiller amerikansk fotball) som flykter til italiensk liga etter en elendig karriere i USA.ĭenne gangen foregår handlingen i Parma. Playing for pizza (En amerikaner i Italia) er mer av det samme. Det var en pinsam opplevelse, hvor Grishams store hjerte for Italia var tynt kamuflert i en svak thriller. John Grisham, er ikke han en slags litteraturens Coca-Cola? Storselgende år etter år, uten å vekke enorm begeistring? Sånn tenkte jeg før jeg leste min første Grisham-bok for et par uker siden, Megleren. To say that Italy holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement. He knows nothing about Parma, has never been to Europe, and doesn’t speak or understand a word of Italian. So Rick reluctantly agrees to play for the Panthers–at least until a better offer comes along–and heads off to Italy. Yes, Italians do play American football, to one degree or another, and the Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player–any former NFL player–at their helm. Against enormous odds Arnie finally locates just such a team and informs Rick that, miraculously, he can in fact now be a starting quarterback–for the mighty Panthers of Parma, Italy. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock and, of course, was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams.īut all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent, Arnie, find a team that needs him. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. In the AFC Championship game against Denver, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game.

Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.

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