The Forever Season: A Novel

by Don Keith

Book Overview

This tale of youth and the immutable forces of society arrayed against its innocence and optimism has been called the best football novel in years.I died exactly the way I lived." So begins the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312134975
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

school review for english

A great book for anyone who likes to read about football or just reality and how the real world is from another persons perspective. It almost feels like you are in the persons shoes walking in their yard playing football or full grown in college playing the big game against ole miss. I gave this a five star rating for many reasons besides the descriptions though. I loved the way he thought about how c.p. was not just centered around football and that he actually liked to read poetry too and was good at something besides football like in many books that i have read that are about a football star. this book is great and anyone that can get their hands on it should read it

Don is like a spider, trapping a fly in his web.

I was a 14 year old in 8th grade when I read this compelling book " The Forever Season", by the ever-so-talented Don Keith. To me, Don was a devious spider, weaving his finely spun web (The Forever Season) and I, I was the defensless fly, struggling to get through the cobwebs of suspense and mystery, only to find myself being hooked deeper into the realm of twisted strands leading their way to a shocking and unbeliebable double ending. Once I picked up this book of books, I just could not put it down. It was as if it were glued to my hands. I really related to this book, for Don wrote the majority of it in Southern slang and I'm partly from the South. When Don had put down his pen, what he had in font of him was an elaborate maze. One which you must be prepared for the unexpected to be able to escape its walls of words, and its traps of enigmatic conclusions. I truly recommend this book, for even my words don't do it justice.

You'll get hooked like a fly in a spiders web

I was a 14-year-old in 8th grade when I read this compelling book, "The Forever Season", by the ever-so-talented Don Keith. To me Don was a devious Spider, weaving his finely spun web (The Forever Season). And I, I was the defensless fly, struggling to get through the cobbwebs of suspens and mystery, only to find myself being hooked deeper into the relm of twisted strands leading their way to a shocking and unbelievable douple ending. Once I picked up this book of books, I just could not put it down. It was as if it were glued to my hands. I really related to this book, for Don wrote the majority of it in Southern slang and I'm partly from the South. When Don had put down his pen, what he had infront of him was an elaberate maze, one which you must be prepared for the unexpected to be able to escape its walls of words, and its traps of enigmatic conclusions. I truly recommend this book, for even my words don't do it justice.

One book that all football lovers and players should read.

This is the greatest book ever to be printed. It hit your heart like a sledgehammer and leaves you grabing for air. The detail to everyday life is incredible and the detail to the little things is even better. If you play the game of football you should read this book. The ending will leave you speachles and whating to read Don Keith's next book.

A haunting look at football, southern culture

Keith's novel twists and turns through what is a simple plot on the surface, but is truly full of subtle intrigue that catches up to you at the end and leaves you out of breath. I was shocked by the unconventional ending. As a sports writer, I appreciated the vivid, beautiful detail of the football action sequences and I must say those sequences have influenced the writing in my own recent sports articles. I would highly reccomend this books to mystery lovers and sports lovers.