A Season on the Brink

Book cover of A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers

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Decades after it spent weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, A Season on the Brink remains the most celebrated basketball book ever written—an unforgettable chronicle of his year spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach Bob Knight.

Granted unprecedented access to legendary coach Bob…

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1 author picked A Season on the Brink as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Alex Squadron

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This book is what happens when you give an incredible writer incredible access to an incredible subject.

The late Bob Knight allowed John Feinstein to essentially join his team, the Indiana Hoosiers, for the 1985-86 season, and the result is a deeply compelling and extremely engaging profile of the legendary coach, whose style was… unorthodox, to say the least.

I could not recommend it more.

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