Bleachers

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Well, I knew this book is of not about for what I am fan of John Grisham, but his name was enough for me to try this book. Thin book compared to others of his, took me three hours to read but will take longer to subdue the ruffled memories of past days. The only reason I thought of writing about this book is that it is not one of the regulars from Grisham’s pen(figure of speech, according to him he has an antique word processor on which he writes his books).

I have always maintained that best books and movies are those which makes us think after 'the end' and their stories with which we can connect. This book is about nostalgia, certainly there are several others books which will score high on nostalgia but this book is a bit different. It talks of school days, home-town, the streets where one grows up, and the parks one played and …..

Most part of the book is devoted to school football and larger than the life figure of the coach but it has several undercurrents. What it is to be famous during school days and then fade out? Why do most of us can’t think of going back to our hometown? Why it is so difficult to enter the same school after fifteen years? Why one wants to avoid the same limelight which was coveted once? Why in retrospect one thinks it would have been wise to remain anonymous during school days?

Life is always easy in retrospect.