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| Boys Will Be Boys | 
| Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books
Category: EBooks
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $9.99
You Save: $9.96 (50%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 132
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.33264097642812
ASIN: B001F76U0G
Publication Date: September 3, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very choppy, felt like I was reading a tabloid more then a book. November 24, 2008
Book felt very choppy...not a good flow and nothing of great substance. It's an entertaining read if you don't like the Cowboys (I'm an Eagles' fan...I know, it's sad). So, I would just stick with Jeff's articles on ESPN. They are more concise and hard hitting.
 Not quite a Super Bowl caliber effort November 22, 2008
This is a pretty entertaining book, but throughout reading it I kept feeling like it could have been better. I can't exactly put my finger on it, but I think fundamentally the book just lacks a certain storytelling quality. It dumps a lot of sensational story lines and episodes on the reader, but it failed to make me feel like I was being told the stories in a high quality manner.
Frankly, without the bizarre Charles Haley stories, I doubt this book would get much attention at all. I heard about it on sports radio and the Haley craziness was the focus of the discussion. The more central stories about Jerry Jones, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Irvin, Switzer, et al were OK, but they left me feeling like they were repetitive and possibly exaggerated a little.
In any event, if you have an interest in the Cowboys or in weirdness in pro sports, you'll probably find this book fairly entertaining despite some flaws.
 Funny enough November 19, 2008
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Did you know that the alternate title to this piece was "How to do Coke and Act Normal"? I know, pretty cool huh?
I liked the book so much that I set it on fire and prayed to the great Nate Newton's a$$. Dolla dolla tip!
Must for any football fan November 16, 2008
Jeff Pearlman, author of a terrific Barry Bonds biography and a book about the 1986 Mets, does a great job of profiling the 1990s Dallas Cowboys. Even if(like me) you hate the Cowboys you should read the book. The characters are far more interesting than in any work of fiction, from the extremely promiscuous Michael Irvin to the square Troy Aikman to heartless but effective coach Jimmy Johnson. This is the best sports book of 2008.
Boys will be Boys November 16, 2008
Pretty good synopsis of the High Flying Cowboys of the 90"s. I felt it was a little disjointed in parts. If you aren't a faithful follower of the Cowboys, you might not understand some of the references. Also, since he brings up Troy Aikman's sexuality, it might have been nice to follow it up with the facts relating to his marriage.
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