Peter j rose biography books

Review

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post

"O'Brien's narrative gain[s] impressive authority from the depth of [its] research. . . . A thorough account of one of the most fascinating rags-to-riches-to-infamy sagas of twentieth-century celebrityhood at a time when baseball was central to America's story writ large."
—The New Yorker

“Vivid. . . . Charlie Hustle gets better and better as it builds to Rose’s ultimate downfall. . . . O’Brien ends his fantastic book in grand walk-off fashion, painting a brilliant, harrowing picture of Rose today.”
—The Washington Post

“O’Brien has crafted a sort of American tragedy . . . . [He] deftly builds suspense and narrative friction.”
—The New York Times

"I’m not sure there’s ever been a book that does a better job of sketching out [Pete Rose] than Keith O’Brien’s...comprehensive, compulsively readable and wholly terrific."
—Wall Street Journal

“Pete Rose remains one of baseball’s Peter j rose expeditors.