Rating: 3.5/5 "Maybe this is my chance, maybe I can start again. The issues of neediness are intense, from the failed kiss at the bar to the "sort of" relationship with the volleyball player, which is more disturbing than awkward, I almost didn't finish the book.more It deals with other heavy topics like what took place in the frat house and male health with the whole cancer scare. It is then we see that this is not going to be a story of a sidekick by any means, you feel the issues of jealousy that are not dealt with at the time and the sportswriter is more of just someone with a grudge. It started well, the funeral of the Coach was where it took a turning point. It deals with other heavy topics like what took place in the frat house and m The Sidekick takes you from the beginning of what some might say is a friendship to the current state of things as they are happening. The Sidekick takes you from the beginning of what some might say is a friendship to the current state of things as they are happening. About what is left in life when all you expected from it has either happened or passed you by. But above all, it's a book about the fading sheen of youth. It tackles identity, privilege, race and family.
This is a book about basketball, about greatness, about living a life in the shadow of that greatness. It's got a ring of Elizabeth Strout or Nickolas Butler about it, in many ways.
Markovits has a style that's easy to quickly engage with, that makes you sympathise with characters who are all imperfect, are never 100% likable, yet you understand and root for them what I'm saying is, they're real. Scratch that, it's more accurate to say this is an excellent novel, that happens to be about sports. This is a book about basketball, about grea This is a great sports novel, of which there are very few. This is a great sports novel, of which there are very few. The Sidekick is the story of a friendship, of two lives bound together but fundamentally different, and of what it's like to live your life in the shadow of greatness.more And, as Marcus mounts his comeback after a couple of years out of the game, both men must face the tensions and disappointments of getting older.
#THE SIDEKICK FREE#
What neither of them knows when they line up at the end of practice to shoot free throws is that Marcus will soon be living with the Blums, following his parents' messy break-up, and that he will go on to become an NBA star, the next Michael Jordan.Īs sportswriter Brian spends the following twenty years tracking his friends' career, he remains Marcus' only link to his pre-fame life. As sportswriter Brian spe At his high school basketball try-outs, nerdy sports-obsessed Brian Blum meets new kid Marcus Hayes. What neither of them knows when they line up at the end of practice to shoot free throws is that Marcus will soon be living with the Blums, following his parents' messy break-up, and that he will go on to become an NBA star, the next Michael Jordan. At his high school basketball try-outs, nerdy sports-obsessed Brian Blum meets new kid Marcus Hayes.
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