{"product_id":"lost-in-the-game-a-book-about-basketball-paperback","title":"Lost in the Game: A Book about Basketball - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Beller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor players, coaches, writers, and fans, basketball is a science and an art, a religious sacrament, a source of entertainment, and a way of interacting with the world. In \u003ci\u003eLost in the Game\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Beller entwines these threads with his lifetime's experience as a player and journalist, roaming NBA locker rooms and city parks as a basketball flaneur in search of the meaning of the modern game. He captures the magnificence and mastery of today's most accomplished NBA players while paying homage to the devotion of countless congregants in the global church of pickup basketball. He shares his own stories from the courts, meditating on basketball's role in city life and its impact on the athlete's psyche as he moves from youth to middle age. Part journalistic account, part memoir of a slightly talented player whose main gift is being tall, \u003ci\u003eLost in the Game \u003c\/i\u003echarts the game's inexorable gravitational hold on those who love it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Beller is Associate Professor of English at Tulane University, a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of \u003ci\u003eJ. D. Salinger: The Escape Artist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeduction Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589379252326,"sku":"9781478018834","price":32.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MlVocm5DQkh3QjJlTENmMWoxRjhPQT09.webp?v=1778011387","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/lost-in-the-game-a-book-about-basketball-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}