House of Nails A Memoir of Life on the Edge
epub | 5.54 MB | English | Author :Lenny Dykstra | 0062407376 | 2016 | HarperCollins

Book Description :

Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails is a tale of Shakespearian proportions-a relentlessly entertaining ride that careens from the heights to the abyss.
Lenny Dykstra, nicknamed "Nails" for his hustle and grit, approached the game of baseball-and life-with mythic intensity. During his decade in the majors as a legendary member of the 1980s Mets and 1990s Phillies, he was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era.
Then came a second act no novelist could plausibly conjure: After retiring, Dykstra became "baseball's most improbable post-career success story" (The New Yorker). But when the real estate bubble burst in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: convicted of bankruptcy fraud (unjustly, he contends), Lenny served two and a half harrowing years in prison.
Now, for the first time, Dykstra tells all about his tumultuous career on and off the field....

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