The Sidekick

<p><b>ONE OF <i>THIS WEEK</i>''S BEST NOVELS OF 2022<br></b><b>The perfect novel for fans of <i>The Last Dance</i>, <i>Hoop Dreams</i> and <i>Winning Time</i></b><br><br><b>¿Exquisite. . . Warm, humane, and tragic.¿ JONATHAN LETHEM <br></b><br>At his high school basketball try-outs, nerdy sports-obsessed Brian Blum meets new kid Marcus<br>Hayes. As a sportswriter, Brian spends the following twenty years tracking his friends¿ superstar NBA<br>career. But when Marcus mounts his last dance comeback, after a couple of years out of the game,<br>both men must face the tensions of their unlikely dynamic, and the disappointments of getting<br>older.<br><br><b><u>Praise for <i>The Sidekick:<br></i><br></u></b>¿There is something so compelling about the questions of whether these two friends, despite their<br>fraught history and hefty egos, will rekindle a genuine connection . . . <b>you¿ll want to know how the<br>game turns out</b>.¿ <i>TLS</i><br><br><b>¿Compelling and emotionally resonant.¿ <