{"product_id":"lost-in-the-game-a-book-about-basketball-paperback","title":"Lost in the Game: A Book about Basketball - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Beller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor players, coaches, writers, and fans, basketball is a science and an art, a religious sacrament, a source of entertainment, and a way of interacting with the world. In \u003ci\u003eLost in the Game\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Beller entwines these threads with his lifetime's experience as a player and journalist, roaming NBA locker rooms and city parks as a basketball flaneur in search of the meaning of the modern game. He captures the magnificence and mastery of today's most accomplished NBA players while paying homage to the devotion of countless congregants in the global church of pickup basketball. He shares his own stories from the courts, meditating on basketball's role in city life and its impact on the athlete's psyche as he moves from youth to middle age. Part journalistic account, part memoir of a slightly talented player whose main gift is being tall, \u003ci\u003eLost in the Game\u003c\/i\u003e charts the game's inexorable gravitational hold on those who love it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Beller is a long time contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eDegas at the Gas Station: Essays, \u003c\/i\u003ealso published by Duke University Press;\u003ci\u003e J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist; and The Sleep-Over Artist. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003eOpen City Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Books \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Mrbellersneighborhood.com, \u003c\/i\u003eand Professor and Director of creative writing at Tulane University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50351008907501,"sku":"9781478018834","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/aXJ2AmC_6o9781478018834.webp?v=1785282071","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/lost-in-the-game-a-book-about-basketball-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}