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On the Road (Paperback)

by H BERGER (Author)
2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 349 pages
  • Publisher: Warwick Publishing (31 Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1895629519
  • ISBN-13: 978-1895629514
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,394,290 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A Toronto sports broadcaster relates the events of a season spent traveling with the Toronto Maple Leafs, describing the pressures, hardships, and rewards of life as a professional hockey player.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, 17 Jun 1999
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Perhaps the most incredibly inane hockey book ever written.
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1.0 out of 5 stars This book is BEYOND brutal!, 17 Jun 1999
By A Customer
This is what happens when a radio reporter tries to write. Never have I read a more boring book in my life. Here's some typical portions from the book: "I got up. I ate breakfast and read the newspaper. There was a story about so-and-so. Then I went to the rink for practice. I talked to so-and-so about the game that night. Then I went back to the hotel. I was bored, so I went to a movie. When the movie was over, I went back to my room, grabbed my things and went to the rink." It goes on and on like that. Really, folks, give this subject to someone who can actually WRITE and tells you about all the drinking and #$%@?! that goes with hockey people when they travel AND THEN you will have a book! I covered the NHL for a long time. I know of what I speak.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Ninety-nine percent padding, 4 Dec 1998
By A Customer
One wonders how Berger defines "life,", since this supposed "inside view of life with an NHL team" in fact consists almost exclusively of descriptions of airports, driving routes, views from hotel windows, and arena color schemes, interspersed with game reports as colorless and cursory as wire-service clippings; he relates almost nothing about what the members of an NHL team do, think, or feel on the road. Berger claims to be respecting the players' privacy, but one soon wonders if the Leafs were even there. Nor is the book improved by being infested with superfluous hyphens and other authorial solecisms, though some of Berger's frequent malapropisms inadvertently provide comic relief from the tedium.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Call
Like a bad referee, Howard Berger makes his personal presence all too focal in what is purported to be an account of life on the road with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, unique book.
Howard Berger wrote a fascinating book here. He's combined hockey with life on the road. Those looking for pure hockey (Dick Irvin books, etc. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing, insigtful, fun read
Ths book is the chroicle of a man living a dream. His ethusiasm for the team, which is what makes him such a great Leafs reporter (for Toronto Sports station The FAN 590) coms ut... Read more
Published on 1 Sep 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating journal masterfully written.
In this book, Howard Berger gets to do what many fans, I included, wish they could do, follow their favorite team on the road. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 1997

1.0 out of 5 stars ::yawn::
What a huge disappointment this book was. Berger has such an interesting topic to start off from (travelling with the Leafs) but he ends up babbling about senseless details... Read more
Published on 13 Jun 1997

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