Lt: Over the Edge: Tackling Quarterbacks, Drugs, and a World Beyond Football

By Steve Serby and Lawrence Taylor

Book Overview

On the football field, Lawrence Taylor was an unstoppable force of nature -- arguably the best defensive player in the game and, quite possibly, ever. But off the field, the life of a player who enjoyed a record ten Pro Bowl appearances and led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl victories was an all-out blitz, fueled by drugs, sex, and booze, and charging at breakneck speed toward total self-destruction. This is the shocking true story of a giant's fall ... and his remarkable journey back to the world.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061031496
• ISBN13: 9780061031496
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: HarperTorch
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Awesome book!

Great read! Definitely a deep look into L.T. 's life.

Great Story

His story is a very honest and hard look at his life written by he. He goes thru this nightmares of this addiction with honesty and detail. This many setbacks and attempts at sobriety are frightening and unknown to this common man. He were a great player for many years. He have finally conquered he demons and he are now a likable and respected person.

LT and all that that Implies!!!

If you like football then you will probably love this book. Lawrence Taylor is arguably the best player in the last 20 years or maybe forever. He clearly revolutionized his position. This book is probably 30% football, 70% off the field. And that's as it should be as his world was wild and wooly and makes a great read. The drugs, the women, the parties are all here. Some of the most interesting parts are how he hid his drug habits from the NFL. This isn't a classically written book. But the stories are so compelling it can't help be entertaining. You'll read it with your mouth open in disbelief. And, at least for the time being, it ends with a story of redemption. I strongly recommend this book for football fans and stories of the wild life.

excellent read

A great team, LT and Steve Serby!!!!Couldn't put it down.

Must Read

"Tell all" sports books rarely do so, but this effort is an exception. Taylor and Serby carefully and artfully tell the story of just what made Taylor the player he was, and wasn't. You wonder if Taylor's destructive behavior was what made him so great. Or could he have been even better? A good read.

I can think of 56 good reasons to read this book !!!

This brutally honest look at Lawrence Taylor's life is a must read. Although LT has been described as larger-than-life, reading about the protagonist's ascent from rock bottom including overcoming a powerful drug addiction, makes you see LT for who he really is, human. Excellent job by Steve Serby in extracting the candidly raw details of LT's life. The book is a story about survival, overcoming obstacles and I couldn't put it down! Lawrence Taylor's life may have gone horribly awry, but, you still find yourself cheering LT LT LT