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Chronicles a football season in Odessa, Texas, a depressed all-American town that lives and dies with the fortunes of its high school football team.
Curator Review
Curator Review
February 22, 2026
One of the Best books about America and Sports
I saw the trailer for the movie the summer before college, over 20 years ago, and picked this book up. I read it quickly. Years later I read it again, something truly rare for me. I drove through Odessa TX and stopped there for lunch. If I wasn't so tired I might have made the detour to the Ratliff ...
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