The Whore of Akron : One Man's Search for the Soul of Lebron James Paperback - 2012
by Scott Raab
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- Title The Whore of Akron : One Man's Search for the Soul of Lebron James
- Author Scott Raab
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Date 2012
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0062066374I5N00
- ISBN 9780062066374 / 0062066374
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.9 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Dewey Decimal Code B
From the rear cover
A native son of Akron, Ohio, LeBron James seemed like a miracle heaven-sent by God to transform Cleveland's losing ways when he was drafted by the Cavaliers in 2003. But after seven years--and still no parade down Euclid Avenue--he left, announcing his move to South Beach on a nationally televised ESPN production with a sly title that echoed fifty years of misery. The Catch, The Drive, The Shot . . . The Decision.
Out of James's treachery grew a monster. Scott Raab, a fifty-nine-year-old, 350-pound Jewish Santa Claus with a Chief Wahoo tattoo, would bear witness to LeBron's every move, and in so doing would act as the eyes and ears of Cleveland itself. Crude but warmhearted, poetic but raving, hilarious, profane (and profound), The Whore of Akron is both a rabid fan's indictment of a traitorous athlete and the story of Raab's obsessive quest to reveal the "wee jewel-box" of LeBron James's soul.