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Myron Bolitar,<\/strong> Harlan Coben\u2019s sports agent mystery hero, is primarily a sports agent and (supposedly secretly) a former FBI agent. Once a top NBA draft pick, almost guaranteed a highly paid career and all the perks, he got injured in a pre-season game and never had the chance to play in a major league game.<\/p>\n But in Fade Away<\/a><\/i>, he is to get his chance. A team owner who is also an old friend asks him to join his team temporarily \u2013 not actually to play (much), but to sit on the bench, schmooze with the players, and try to figure out what happened to Greg Downing, one of the stars, who has disappeared.<\/p>\n Myron agrees and begins an investigation that will lead to threats and further murder, and will uncover secrets involving drugs, old 1970s radicals and a betrayal in his own life. The plot gets pretty complicated.<\/p>\n But the great joy of this book \u2013 even for someone as apathetic toward sports as me \u2013 is Myron\u2019s personal character arc. Though established in his new career, a competent, successful, and even dangerous man, once he\u2019s on the basketball court it\u2019s (emotionally) as if he were a kid again. The passion, the love of the game, the competitive instinct, are all back in full force, and his inevitable disappointment is all the crueler for it. This gave the book a genuine poignancy that made it moving indeed, simply as a piece of literature.<\/p>\n As usual with Coben, there are adult themes, but they\u2019re handled in a fairly civilized manner. Highly recommended. Myron Bolitar, Harlan Coben\u2019s sports agent mystery hero, is primarily a sports agent and (supposedly secretly) a former FBI agent. Once a top NBA draft pick, almost guaranteed a highly paid career and all the perks, he got injured in a pre-season game and never had the chance to play in a major league game. … Continue reading Fade Away, by Harlan Coben<\/span>
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