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House of Nails

A Memoir of Life on the Edge

House of Nails( )
Author: Dykstra, Lenny
ISBN:978-0-06-240738-2
Publication Date:Jun 2016
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:William Morrow & Company
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $17.99
Book Description:

"Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. One of the best sports autobiographies I've ever read. It comes from the heart." --Stephen King

Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions -- a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss.

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Book Details
Pages:371
Detailed Subjects: Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General
Author Biography
Dykstra, Lenny (Author)
Lenny Dykstra was born February 10, 1963 in Santa Ana, California. He played center field for the New York Mets (1985-1989) and Philadelphia Phillies (1989-1996). He was a three-time All-Star (1990, 1994, and 1995), and won a World Series with the Mets in 1986.

After baseball, he had a number of business ventures, including publishing a magazine, The Player's Club, geared toward professional athletes. In 2009, his business practices were exposed in in the media. He filed for Bankruptcy. In 2012, he pleaded guilty in federal court to three felonies and was later sentenced to three years in prison, 500 hours of community service and ordered to pay restitution. After serving 6.5 months, he was released from prison in June 2013.

He is the author of Nails: the Inside Story of an Amazin' Season (1987, with Marty Noble), and House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge (2016).

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