John Feinstein was a sports writer and bestselling author of more than forty books, including A Season on the Brink, A Good Walk Spoiled, The Ancient Eight, and Five Banners: Inside the Duke Dynasty. He was a longtime columnist for The Washington Post, Golf Digest, and was a frequent contributor to a variety of radio programs.

Sports Illustrated's #6 Sports Book of All Time

"Nothing less than extraordinary." --The Chicago Tribune

"Riveting . . . Perhaps the best basketball book ever written." --Dayton Daily News

"A Season on the Brink is not just my favorite sports book of all time, but one of my favorite books in general. Everything that's important and disturbing about basketball can be understood through its details." --Chuck Klosterman

"The best writer of sports books in America today." --The Boston Globe

"Bob Knight still curses the day he granted the author unfettered access to his program. Feinstein's year as an honorary Hoosier yielded an unsparing portrait of Indiana's combustible coach." --Sports Illustrated

"One of the best sportswriters alive." --USA Today

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Pub date: 2011-11-01

Length: 368 pages