THE QUARTERBACK

About the Book

Jimmy Jassy has been on the top five years now, but the clock was running out. All he had left were the remnants of his incredible skills, and his snarling pride in being the man they called-The Quarterback.

"From that rarest shelf, interesting sports fiction."-Robert Lipsyte, New York Times

On Paradise Road: "Milton can write like angel a young writer hell bent on fulfilling John Steinbeck's legacy, carrying on the tradition of James Jones and exploring his own heights."-Alabama Journal

"A pulsating, evocative tale that will take the reader months to forget."-American Statesman

About the Author

David Scott Milton?s novels include The Quarterback (Dell), Paradise Road (Atheneum), Kabbalah (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich), Skyline (Putnam?s), The Fat Lady Sings (iUniverse). Paradise Road was given Mark Twain Journal Award ?for significant contribution to American literature.? His play, Duet, was on Broadway with Ben Gazzara who was nominated for a Tony Award. Skin won the Neil Simon Playwrights Award.