A review by sarahanne8382
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

3.0

With the winning combination of Italy and football Grisham tells a winning little story about a washed up NFL quarterback whose last option is to play in the semi-pro American football league in Italy. He deals with culture shock in Parma, as well as the transition from pampered NFL third-stringer, to one of the few paid players on a team where everyone plays solely for the love of the game rather than big contracts and advertising dollars. I still can't decide if I think the ending is refreshingly open-ended or unnecessarily abrupt, but the rest of the book is solid. Nothing overwhelming or surprising, but I still found myself quickly unable to put the book down.