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New York: Viking Press, 1982. Book Condition: Very Good. Gray boards with light grap spine. Gilt and blue letters on spine. Edges and corners sharp with no wear to boards. Bright, white tightly bound pages. Dust Jacket Conditon: Very Good. Slight rub wear, a few tiny tears on edges. Original price inside front flap. A nice clean reading copy. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
5 Good Boys by Rutman, Leo - 1982
by Rutman, Leo
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New York: The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670317047 . [good solid copy, slight browning to top page edges, slight fading to boards along top/bottom edges; jacket faintly soiled, very minor chipping at top of spine]. A novel obviously inspired by the New York college basketball point-shaving scandal of the early 1950s. "A driven coach forges five good boys from the playgrounds and ghettos of Brooklyn and the Bronx into possibly the best team ever to play college basketball, a team that will win both the NCAA and NIT championships. The boys are street-smart but not wise enough to resist the easy money that comes from winning--by not too many points." [The non-fiction companion to this volume would be the classic "The Game They Played" by Stanley Cohen.] .
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- Illustrator (dj design) Bob Silverman
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- ISBN 10 0670317047
- ISBN 13 9780670317042
- Publisher The Viking Press
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1982
- Keywords 0670317047, Basketball, Cheating, Gambling, New York City, College Sports, NCAA, Bookmaking
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NY: Viking, 1982. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of this novel based on the college hoops cheating scandal of the 1950s. There'a a small abraded area, apparently from a pencil erasure on the flyleaf, else near fine in dustjacket. Not priceclipped and no markings. (box 163)
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5 GOOD BOYS.
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New York:: The Viking Press,, (1982). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped, some edgewear to dj, short tear at foot of spine). First printing. The first novel by this New York playwright and author, based on a point-shaving scandal from the 1950s, a compassionate story of five street-smart kids from the ghetto who play for a city college basketball team, driven by their coach to become champions. Even though they faced greatness they lacked the wisdom to resist the "easy money" that came from winning, but not by too much - A book which is an indictment of the greed behind sports, and sees the boys as victims as much as they are guilty themselves. 280 pp.
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