"High school football mixes with Faust in this blitz of a novel from Watson . . . the novel avoids slipping into morality tale excess as it spins out a big Dennis Lehane-like story of society, opportunity, and consequences, revealing Watson as an accomplished storyteller." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review In 1964, seventeen-year-old...
"Honor, loyalty, even life and death form the core of this wrenching story." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review