The Sidekick - From the 2025 Booker shortlisted author of The Rest of Our Lives - Benjamin Markovits - Paperback Bog - Faber & Faber - 2023 - Engelsk

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ONE OF THIS WEEK ''S BEST NOVELS OF 2022 The perfect novel for fans of The Last Dance , Hoop Dreams and Winning Time ‘Exquisite. . . Warm, humane, and tragic.’ JONATHAN LETHEM At his high school basketball try-outs, nerdy sports-obsessed Brian Blum meets new kid MarcusHayes. As a sportswriter, Brian spends the following twenty years tracking his friends’ superstar NBAcareer. But when Marcus mounts his last dance comeback, after a couple of years out of the game,both men must face the tensions of their unlikely dynamic, and the disappointments of gettingolder. Praise for The Sidekick: ‘There is something so compelling about the questions of whether these two friends, despite theirfraught history and hefty egos, will rekindle a genuine connection . . . you’ll want to know how thegame turns out .’ TLS ‘Compelling and emotionally resonant.’ Spectator ‘Contemporary fiction’s best kept secret . . . It’s gratifying to observe someone with a large amountof specific knowledge not only imparting that expertise, but unlocking some deeper meaning withinit, like a top sports star working their magic.’ Sunday Business Post