High school All-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the best quarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans. Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who moulded the Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty.

As Coach Rake’s ‘boy’s sit in the bleachers waiting for the dinning field lights to signal his passing, they replay old glories, and try to decide whether they love Eddie Rake or hate him. For Neely Crenshaw, who struggles to come to terms with his explosive relationship with his Coach, his dreams of a great career in the NFL, and the choices he made as a young man, the stakes are especially high.

Read by John Grisham.

4.5 hours on 4 CDs