GIMP: The Story Behind the Star of Murderball
by Mark Zupan, Tim Swanson

List Price: $13.95
Our Price: $3.49
You Save: $10.46 (75%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.18 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Book Summary Information

Book Reviews of GIMP: The Story Behind the Star of Murderball

Book Review: Good book!
Summary: 4 Stars

Summary of GIMP: The Story Behind the Star of Murderball

College soccer star Mark Zupan had been out drinking one night and had passed out in the back of his best friend's pickup truck when his friend got in the driver's seat, decided to take the truck for a spin, and accidentally crashed it. Thrown into a canal and stuck in frigid water for fourteen hours, Mark was finally rescued and learned soon after that he'd broken his neck. He'd most likely be a quadriplegic and spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, doctors told him. At first Mark's only goal was to walk again. When that proved impossible, he fell into the depths of anger and despair, retreating from the world and the people closest to him. But love, friendship, and a new sport, quad rugby (a.k.a. "murderball"), helped Mark create a new existence that's truly exceptional.

Gimp, the no-holds-barred memoir of a Paralympic athlete and the star of the Academy Award?nominated documentary Murderball, is an inspiring, defiant, and revealing celebration of spirit and will that confounds readers' prejudices by offering proof that a guy in a chair can still do amazing things: have sex with his girlfriend, party with his friends . . . even crowd-surf at Pearl Jam shows.

Memoirs Books

• Books > Subjects > Biographies & Memoirs
• Specific Groups > Special Needs
• Sports & Outdoors > Biographies