Marshall Jon Fisher’s work has appeared in the Atlantic, Harper’s, and other magazines, and has been collected in Best American Essays. His 2009 book A Terrible Splendor was published to great acclaim, winning the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. Fisher grew up in Miami and lives in the Berkshires.
Maybe the best football book I've read. ... Fisher has a smooth narrative style, both in describing 17 football games and providing backgrounds of the men who helped win all 17 of them. ... I enjoyed every page. --Frank Murtaugh, longtime managing editor, Memphis magazine; sportswriter for the Memphis Flyer. Terrific. --Mike Vaccaro, New York Post This book is tremendous. --Chris Mad Dog Russo This is the perfect book for that perfect football season, filled with imperfect players--castoffs and has-beens--under a perfectionist coach against the background of a perfect historical storm of Jim Crow, Watergate, and the Vietnam War. A terrific read. --Robert Lipsyte