Game of Shadows

Game of Shadows
by Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams

Game of Shadows
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Book Summary Information

Author: Lance Williams, Mark Fainaru-Wada
Reader: Arnie Mazer
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 2006-03-23
ISBN: 0739323806
Publisher: Random House Audio

Book Reviews of Game of Shadows

Book Review: Great, Great, Book. 'nuff said.
Summary: 5 Stars

Any true fan of baseball will love this book. Not only does it provide factual reporting, but is presented in a way that anyone who picks it up can read it & understand.

It is nowhere near a "long read," it's long, but is written in a way that it will suck you in until you flip that last page. I liked it so much I ordered a copy for my dad!

I am nowhere near a Barry Bonds fan, but this book doesn't 100% focus on Bonds. A great read!!!

Summary of Game of Shadows

This audiobook is the window into the underground world of cheating at the highest levels, which set off a frenzy of activity and hand-wringing in the offices of Major League Baseball and Congress. Through the authors' pursuit of sources and documents, they were able to open for public view a world in which elite athletes trade money and risk their health for the edge that will allow them to run faster, hit harder, and compete longer--and then cash in on the fame and wealth that comes only to those at the very top of their games.

What the compelling newspaper articles weren't able to provide is the kind of narrative and inside-baseball look at BALCO that only a book or audiobook could explore. This is the definitive account of the sports story of our times, as written by the journalists who blew it open.

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