About this title: Widely acknowledged as the best hockey book ever written and lauded by "Sports Illustrated" as one of the Top 10 Sports Books of All Time, "The Game" is a reflective and thought-provoking look at a life in hockey. Intelligent and insightful, former Montreal Canadiens goalie and former President of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ken Dryden captures the essence of the sport and what it means to all hockey fans. He gives us vivid and affectionate portraits of the characters Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Guy Lapointe, Serge Savard, and coach Scotty Bowman among them that made the Canadiens of the 1970s ...
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Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. 0140074120 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of ... read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Totem, Don Mills, Ontario
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780002173773ISBN:0002173778
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Fair+ condition. Binding good, clean text, sturdy. Pages tanning. Cover has generalized wear, edge wear, creasing. Small pen marks on 1st pg. Small soil mark on inside front cover and title pg. Few soil marks on exterior... Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fair. Ex-library book. Missing dust jacket. Book shows definite signs of wear. Pages may be marked and/or written but complete. Cover may be missing or damaged and spine cracked. read more
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked, dust jacket is clean. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 300 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Times Books, Westminister, Maryland, U.S. A
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780812910322ISBN:081291032X
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 248 pages. Light shelfwear and discoloring; tight book. The dj has light wear along edges. "Goalie on the finest Montreal Canadiens' championship teams of the last decade as well as a scholar who interrupted his career to pursue his studies, Dryden focuses on the day in, day out life of an athlete with wonderfully frank anecdotes and commentary..." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. ISBN: 081291032x Inventory No: 074252. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Times Books
Date Published: 1983-10
ISBN-13:9780812910322ISBN:081291032X
Description: Like New. Minor shelf wear and fading to DJ, otherwise appears unread and like new. We ship all items from CA via USPS media mail with delivery confirmation. read more
"The Game is a novel written by a former NHL goalie. This novel takes place in the last season of Ken Dryden's hall of fame career. The whole novel centers around him reflecting on his career and the people that are around him. This is a great perspective, and one that not many people get to see. I enjoyed this because, it gave us a look inside the author's thoughts. It allowed me to gain a more personal relationship with the author, just through reading his work.
Throughout this novel, Ken Dryden talks about how he enjoys a lot of other activities than just hockey. He went to law school while playing hockey, he enjoys reading and writing, and catching up with old friends. He is a man who thinks about things alone a lot, because he has the time.
Another interesting part of this novel, is the fact that Ken Dryden also talks a lot about the people around him. The people who share victory with him, and who share a bad loss with him. He talks about how each person fits into a certain part of the team. This is a great way to show how hockey is truly a team sport."
Dryden is not THAT good of a writer, and while there are some magical passages here, and some great descriptions of Montreal and Canada at the time, on the whole the thing is a bit of a slog.
Maybe it's cause I don't like the Habs. On to Dave Bidini's hockey books, then."
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