{"product_id":"dribbling-a-basketball-on-the-road-to-damascus-paperback","title":"Dribbling a Basketball on the Road to Damascus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharley Rosen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA coming-of-age novel that takes us from a very tall boy's discovery of his love of basketball to a young man who engages in point-shaving while a college player on his way to NBA brilliance with a shadow hanging over him--a book that sheds light on both the sheer beauty and some of the ugliness in the game.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003ebildungsroman\u003c\/i\u003e and the most autobiographical yet of Charley Rosen's many works of fiction, nonfiction and reportage on the subject of basketball, \u003ci\u003eDribbling a Basketball on the Road to Damascus \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the life of Chazz Klein, a power forward and elite scorer who starts at Metropolitan College and ends up on the Knicks by way of the Detroit Pistons. Klein loves the game that helped him survive his childhood and find meaning. But his awkwardness early in life also stays with him, as both love and long-lasting meaning elude him except in small doses. And yet he does achieve, across the journey represented in these pages, that rarest of gifts, a kind of humility, an acceptance of himself, and the peace that goes with that.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguably America's most respected writer of fiction and nonfiction on the subject of basketball, \u003cb\u003eCHARLEY ROSEN\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of NYT Notable Book \u003ci\u003eThe House of Moses All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e (Seven Stories, 1996) and \u003ci\u003eThe Wizard of Odds\u003c\/i\u003e (Seven Stories, 2002). Most recently, he co-authored Ray Scott's memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe NBA in Black and White \u003c\/i\u003e(Seven Stories, 2022). Rosen has played, coached, and commentated basketball, and he lives in Woodstock, N.Y.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52646377062707,"sku":"9781644214930","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/74gE85Zshq9781644214930.webp?v=1762426395","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/dribbling-a-basketball-on-the-road-to-damascus-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}