It's How You Play the Game: A Novel

By Jimmy Gleacher

Book Overview

With a cinematic wit and some emotional insight (rare from the male perspective), Jimmy Gleacher delivers his debut novel, a clever and heartfelt tale of a twentysomething guy's trip through love and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743216261
• ISBN13: 9780743216265
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Scribner
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 0.9" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Amazing...

This book changed my life. As a 21 year old male who is trying to bridge the gap between adolescence and adulthood this book has been instrumental in my outlook on life. Primarily from the standpoint that im not alone with my feelings. I picked this book up by chance (something I do with all good books I read) and never put it down. I read it a second time right after I finished it, just to pick out all the nuance. Amazing!!!

A fan from Connecticut

Jimmy Gleacher's book is wonderful! It was so refreshing to get a twenty somthing male point of view about love, life and everything in between. The humor is both wry and off beat and Gleacher manages to pull off some very poignant moments with a subtlity that most first novels neglect to do. I look forward to reading his next book.

Fantastic!

For me, the sign of a good novel is one that I absolutely can't put down. Mr. Gleacher's book, an intriguing and funny look at what many go through in their confusing 20s, hooked me from the start. I love any book that willfully places the reader within its borders and I have no complaints with It's How You Play The Game. He is a charming, witty, and intelligent writer and I'll definitely pick up his next book as soon as it hits the shelves!

Fantastic!

For me, the sign of a good novel is one that I absolutely can't put down. Mr. Gleacher's book, an intriguing and funny look at what many go through in their 20s, hooked me from the start. I love any book that willfully places the reader within its borders and I have no complaints with It's How You Play The Game. He is a charming, witty, and intelligent writer and I'll definitely pick up his next book as soon as it hits the shelves!

Thank you, Mr. Gleacher!

A totally unpretentious, refreshing, and at times, down-right hysterical, look at love, lust and everything in between. Gleacher's characters are at once familiar and fantastic, and every situation cleverly highlights the emotional ups and downs we all equate with our twenty-something years. Truly a welcome and much-needed perspective that will, no doubt, eclipse the endless stream of chik-lit out there. Thank you, Mr. Gleacher!