The advance reviews are in for my book:
Kirkus sez: "Finely balancing his personal experiences with comprehensive historical detail, and a generous supply of factoid footnotes ... Trecker delivers the goods with gusto."
Booklist sez: "[Trecker's] firsthand account of soccer madness is lively and intelligent, as full of funny anecdotes as it is opinionated commentary... this proves to be the book [fans] were waiting for."
And Publisher's Weekly said something about brothels being a "sportswriting clich," which was news to me.
But, hey: Two outta three ain't bad. And, honestly, that's two more than I thought I would get. This is a book that is somewhat about soccer, after all. And, apparently it is (was?) the #3-selling sports book on Amazon. (That's updated every hour -- it's probably like #57 as I write this. Sheesh.)
NOW: Non-soccer fans: Don't be scared. The dirty secret of my book is that it is more about the wackiness of the Cup and less about the sport. You don't have to know a thing about -- or care about -- soccer to enjoy my book. Or, not enjoy, as the case may be.
Would you like to meet me? You can:
TRECKERFEST 2007 (FIRST LEG)
Sept. 24 -- UConn Coop, Storrs, CT, 6:30 pm
Signing, reading, question time. (Also: For UConn students only, a full lecture)
Oct 1 -- Powell's Books, Portland, Ore, 7:30pm
Signing, reading, question time.
Oct 16-- Barnes and Noble DePaul, Chicago TimeTBD
Signing, reading, question time.
Oct 28-- Official release party for L&B at FADO CHICAGO (www.fadochicago.com) from 10am-4pm. Free Food. Incredible Beer specials from Official Book Beer Sponsor Peroni. (Seriously!) Prizes. (Also: Seriously!)
LOVE AND BLOOD makes a great gift, but a lousy doorstop. It is cheap ($14 cover/$11 something on Amazon). It is available everywhere books are sold. If you can't make it to a signing but would like me to sign it, email me or PM me. I will tell you where you can send your copy to me to sign for you.
Thanks for all your support!
jamie
Kirkus sez: "Finely balancing his personal experiences with comprehensive historical detail, and a generous supply of factoid footnotes ... Trecker delivers the goods with gusto."
Booklist sez: "[Trecker's] firsthand account of soccer madness is lively and intelligent, as full of funny anecdotes as it is opinionated commentary... this proves to be the book [fans] were waiting for."
And Publisher's Weekly said something about brothels being a "sportswriting clich," which was news to me.
But, hey: Two outta three ain't bad. And, honestly, that's two more than I thought I would get. This is a book that is somewhat about soccer, after all. And, apparently it is (was?) the #3-selling sports book on Amazon. (That's updated every hour -- it's probably like #57 as I write this. Sheesh.)
NOW: Non-soccer fans: Don't be scared. The dirty secret of my book is that it is more about the wackiness of the Cup and less about the sport. You don't have to know a thing about -- or care about -- soccer to enjoy my book. Or, not enjoy, as the case may be.
Would you like to meet me? You can:
TRECKERFEST 2007 (FIRST LEG)
Sept. 24 -- UConn Coop, Storrs, CT, 6:30 pm
Signing, reading, question time. (Also: For UConn students only, a full lecture)
Oct 1 -- Powell's Books, Portland, Ore, 7:30pm
Signing, reading, question time.
Oct 16-- Barnes and Noble DePaul, Chicago TimeTBD
Signing, reading, question time.
Oct 28-- Official release party for L&B at FADO CHICAGO (www.fadochicago.com) from 10am-4pm. Free Food. Incredible Beer specials from Official Book Beer Sponsor Peroni. (Seriously!) Prizes. (Also: Seriously!)
LOVE AND BLOOD makes a great gift, but a lousy doorstop. It is cheap ($14 cover/$11 something on Amazon). It is available everywhere books are sold. If you can't make it to a signing but would like me to sign it, email me or PM me. I will tell you where you can send your copy to me to sign for you.
Thanks for all your support!
jamie
PS to which sports authors they refer to when I write about brothels as being a "sportswriting cliche"? I will ask around to my friends, maybe they have come about one, but I doubt it...
PS I hope the book has plenty of soccer!!!!! if it doesn's have enough soccer...