A review by writesdave
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by Buzz Bissinger

5.0

My perspective is a bit different because I lived more or less in this culture for three falls. I saw it firsthand as a sports writer and can vouch for Bissinger's faithful account of his year spent in it. It wasn't a life-changing experience, this book, but I'll never look at sport the same way again. You can't help but ponder the role sport plays in our world after reading how grades get changed to keep athletes eligible, and attendance zones get gerrymandered to funnel the best athletes to certain schools. And that's a good thing.

This is the book every sports writer wishes he could write.