books by Dick Wimmer (writings quintet trilogy)

books by Dick Wimmer

books:

The Fastest Game: An Anthology of Hockey Writings

Masters Pr, 1997

For the ice hockey fan/purist, there is more to hockey than simply the win or loss of a game. The game constitutes an art form of expression, as in the acceleration of Bobby Orr, the grace of Wayne Gretzky, or the power of Gordie Howe. Here, Dick Wimmer captures that expression with a collection of articles from writers such as Studs Terkel, Hugh MacLennan, Roger Kahn and Mordecai Richler.

The Irish Wine Trilogy

32 reviews
Dick Wimmer

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001

Irish Wine is intoxicating
Irish Wine, by Dick Wimmer, is a stunningly lyrical, achingly funny trilogy that presents some of the brightest, yet most flawed, characters I've encountered. Wimmer portrays the Artist, in various incarnations--the frustrated, the famous, the obsessive, the unrecognized, the paralyzed. These characterizations are poignant, yet completely irreverent. As a result, Wimmer creates an unexpected ...

The Schoolyard Game: An Anthology of Basketball Writings

1 review

Macmillan Pub Co, 1993

NO POINTS HERE
HE MISSES A 3 POINT SHOT. HE MISSES A 2 POINT SHOT. HE MISSES A SIMPLE 1 POINT FOUL SHOT. NO POINTS FOR THIS BOOK. THE EDITOR SAYS HE HAS COMPILED SOME OF THE BEST EXCERPTS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT BASKETBALL. EITHER HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THE GAME, OR HASN'T READ ENOUGH BOOKS ABOUT THE GAME. A DEFINITE SKIP.

Le Divorce

121 reviews

Plume, 2007

Better than the movie
This beautiful book is so much better than the movie. The ending is completely different. Like Diane Johnson's other novels, she expects her reader to be educated in literature, not just Voltaire and other French writers, but American ones, too, and even ancient Greek philosophers. If you haven't read Henry James's "The Portrait of a Lady," at least watch the movie version. Also like her ...

The Wildly Irish Sextet

5 reviews
Dick Wimmer

Soft Skull Press, 2008

Two Worlds
The Wildly Irish Sextet brings two very different worlds into illuminating conjunction. One's the boozy, seat-of-the-pants Ireland of Seamus Boyne, Dick Wimmer's gifted knockabout painter. The other's the suburban Long Island of Boyne's American pal Gene Hagar, a pest exterminator turned writer. Whether you're romping in Ireland with Hagar, or on Long Island playing softball with Boyne, you ...

The Irish Wine Trilogy
Dick Wimmer

Soft Skull Press, 2009

The Wildly Irish: The Quintet
Dick Wimmer

Soft Skull Press, 2008

The Fairway Game: An Anthology of Golf Writings

1 review

Masters Pr, 1999

Highly recommended reading for anyone who ever held a club.
The Fairway Game is a superb anthology of great finishes and comebacks in the game of golf. Legendary final rounds are presented by some of the best sports writers to cover the game, such as Grantland Rice on Bobby Jones at the 1923 US Open; Herbert Warren Wind on Tom Watson's improbable chip that won the 1982 Open; Robert Sommers on Johnny Miller's dramatic Open victory in 1973 Tim Rosaforte ...

The Home Run Game

Burford Books, 1999

Baseball has been reunited with the affection of its fans, due in part to the dramatic home run race staged by Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire. Dick Wimmer celebrates these and other epic moments in home-run history, with contributions from Roger Angell, Bill James, Red Smith and many others.