The Conquering Heroes

By Peter Gent

Book Overview

Echoes of The Big Chill and Hoosiers reverberate in this novel of basketball, politics, love, and war, from the bestselling author of North Dallas Forty. A shattering incident forces the recruiting coach at a NCAA basketball powerhouse to take stock in his life and confront the corruptness of the system.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556113846
• ISBN13: 9781556113840
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Typical Peter Gent

Very enjoyable. Typical Peter Gent book. If you like his others, you will like this one. Conspiracies everywhere. The protagonist is a tortured, well-meaning, but not perfect, baseball coach/scout. I hope that the recruiting scandals described are not even one quarter true, but who knows?My only regret is that he hasn't written more novels

Exceptional book on college basketball

I read The Conquering Heroes by Peter Gent several years ago and was reminded of it when I recently read The Franchise by Gent. This book is a very interesting story of some of the behind the scenes of major college basketball. As in most of his books, the seedy underside is explored in great detail here from recruiting scandal to protection of a star player who committed a major crime. I enjoyed this book as much as I did North Dallas 40, although it didn't get near the accolades that 40 did. If you can find it used, it's worth your time.