The Blind Side van journalist en bestseller-auteur Michael Lewis (Liar’s Poker, Moneyball) is het verhaal van Michael Oher, die het vanuit Amerikaanse krottenwijken tot American Football-belofte schopt en van degradatie van de quarterback (spelverdeler) in het American Football. Vanop de achterflap:
When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or how to read or write. He takes up football, and school, after a rich, white Evangelical family plucks him from the streets.
Then two great forces alter Oher: the family’s love and the evolution of professional football itself into a game where the quarterback must be protected at any cost. Our protagonist becomes the priceless package of size, speed, and agility necessary to guard the quarterback’s greatest vulnerability — his blind side.
Machtig boek, zelfs voor iemand die eigenlijk geen jota van American Football kent.
Ik heb dit boek al een tijdje uit, maar het was er nooit van gekomen om hier iets over te posten.