{"product_id":"the-house-of-moses-allstars-isbn-9781609803711","title":"The House of Moses All-Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the story of an all-Jewish basketball team traveling in a hearse through Depression-era America in search of redemption and big money. A hilarious road novel, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Moses All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is also a passionate portrayal of a young Jewish man struggling to realize his dreams in a country struggling to recover its ideals. Charley Rosen gives us basketball as a metaphor for life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAaron Steiner, the protagonist of \u003ci\u003eThe House of Moses All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, is a man very close to the edge. The former college basketball star has watched his dreams of being a successful player fall apart, his marriage disintegrate, and his baby die. In desperation he accepts his friend’s offer to join a Jewish professional basketball team—The House of Moses All-Stars—which is traveling on a cross-country tour in a renovated hearse. Aaron’s teammates—a Communist, a Zionist, a former bank robber, and a red-headed Irishman who passes for a Jew—are, like Aaron, trying to escape their own troubled pasts. As the members of this motley crew travel west to California through an anti-Semitic land that disdains and rebuffs them, they discover a nation grappling with social and economic collapse and fear of foreigners, in conflict with its own democratic ideals of tolerance and opportunity. Told with a rueful eye, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Moses All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e looks critically and lovingly at what it means to be an outsider in America.“This is not simply a novel about basketball in the dark ages. Mr. Rosen has much more on his mind here. This is a book about guilt and redemption, about the loss of innocence, about racism and bigotry, about class indifference.” \u003cb\u003e–Charles Salzberg, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rosen gives us a sometimes agonizing, often hilarious journey through American history, and a poignant account of what keeps a man running.” \u003cb\u003e–Andy Solomon, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A vivid portrait ...” \u003cb\u003e–Alexander Harrison, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA native of the Bronx and longtime pal of basketball guru Phil Jackson, \u003cb\u003eCHARLEY ROSEN\u003c\/b\u003e led the league in technical fouls during each of his six years as a coach in the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association. Since then he has become the world’s foremost writer of fiction and nonfiction on the subject of basketball, chronicling the drama that takes place both on and off the court. His many novels include \u003ci\u003eThe House of Moses All-Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, and \u003ci\u003eSammy Wong: All-American\u003c\/i\u003e. His non-fiction works include \u003ci\u003eThe Scandals of ’51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMore than a Game\u003c\/i\u003e, with Phil Jackson. Rosen is an analyst for hoopshype.com and a devotee of the Triangle Offense. He lives in Accord, NY.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233684336869,"sku":"NP9781609803711","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781609803711.jpg?v=1767739844","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-house-of-moses-allstars-isbn-9781609803711","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}