Is it wrong that I prefer to read the footnotes in Bill Simmons‘ books, rather than the entire book?
Looking at his new book, The Book of Basketball, I’m sad to see the detail of his footnotes have made it so they have to placed in the traditional bottom of the page slot (for most footnotes), instead of to the side, as done with his previous book, Now I Can Die in Peace.
#1 by Hisham on December 23, 2009 - 11:05 pm
I’m not familiar with his previous work, but after glancing through “The Book of Basketball” at Powell’s I became really interested in taking home a copy. Not something I normally consider when it comes to sports books.
#2 by admin on December 23, 2009 - 11:46 pm
Hisham, Simmons fully admits he was influenced by the late writer, David Foster Wallace. So I would agree, he’s not your normal kind of sports writer.