Gunslinger

Over two decades Brett Favre was as compelling a figure as any in the National Football League. He alone was 'Must-See TV.' In <em>Gunslinger</em> Jeff Pearlman provides an extraordinary look at every facet of the life of a man who performed on sport's grandest stage and who had one helluva time along the way.--Al Michaels <p/> In <em>Gunslinger </em> Jeff Pearlman tells Brett Favre's story for the first time charting his unparalleled journey from a rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at Southern Mississippi to a car accident that nearly took his life and eventually to the NFL and Green Bay where he restored the Packers to greatness and inspired a fan base as passionate as any in the game. Yet he struggled with demons: addiction infidelity the loss of his father and a fraught painfully prolonged exit from the game he loved a game he couldn't bear to leave. <p/> Gritty and revelatory <em>Gunslinger</em> is a big sports biography of the highest order a fascinating portrait of the man with the rocket arm whose life has been one of triumph fame tragedy embarrassment and--ultimately--redemption. <p/> The compelling complete story of his legend and his faults.--<em>Chicago Tribune</em>