Killshot

By Tom Alibrandi

Book Overview

Killshot Tate Coldiron, in his early fifties, with a Jack Daniel's Green habit and two withered legs, has his car break down in Rochester, NY on his way to handball tournament in Cleveland. A former... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0523403755
• ISBN13: 9780523403755
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Pinnacle Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Needs to Be a Movie

When I first read this back in the mid 70s, I saw Paul Newman and Robert Redford playing the principle characters. Newman's dead, and Redford's frankly too old to play 'the kid', but the STORY is great and begs to be adapted to a screenplay. Basically a mentor/apprentice story like 'Butch Cassidy' and 'The Sting' (hence the immediate casting of Newman and Redford). It revolves around high stakes handball, long before 'The Color of Money' (another Newman classic). The elder gent was once the best at the sport, playing after hours in a variety of YMCA courts, but crossed the wrong people and got his legs broken. He finds 'the kid' who has a natural talent for the game, but is undisciplined. After months of grooming, they take the show on the road and begin to rake in the cash. Too late the master realizes he's created a monster because the kid will do anything to win a match - even maim an opponent with a literal 'kill shot'.