Buzz Bissinger: One angry man

Bouton also had Gene Brabender.

 

Just checked, myself. Good to hear. I was certain I'd seen an obit, and NOT recently.

 

Would Krakauer's book on Tillman qualify for a sports book?
If so, that has to be among the top-five. Shook my belief in our military and institutions.

 

I don't know if any of you follow Buzz on twitter, but the man has completely lost his mind tonight.

 

nope don't.

 

buzz bissinger makes better points than charlie sheen, for my money. found his macau riff tonight entertaining

 

I didn't follow, and I sure won't now. Goodness. What an ungracious human being.

 

If you like long-form "fly on the wall" non-fiction you should check out some of Tracy Kidder's stuff.

 

Douche juice. Haters like you are all fuckasauruses.

"BTW, how many of you know any Pulitzer Prize Winners? Complete group of losasauruses except for me."

Guy is out there on Planet Sheen.

 

Are any of the losasauruses here? I'd look in the BYU thread for starters.

 

Buzz came to our city for a book discussion event related to "Friday Night Lights" a couple of years ago — the book was selected because of the popularity of the movie and ensuing television show.

According to several committee members I spoke with, he is as crazy as a shithouse rat.

 

Which, if you've met the guy, is really just a way of saying he gets away with being antisocial because he wrote a couple very good books once. He's not the first author to fall into that black hole, God knows. Ever been to a reading where the guy stumbled in with four-day beard and the breath of moldy bread, like he'd just been smoking crack for several days? I have.