What a bore! The story is about a dying football coach and the deathwatch that ensues. The coach was not a likable character - so the reader really didn't care one way or another if he died. In fact - I was hoping he would hurry up and die so that maybe the story would pick -up. It never picked up. Just alot of boring dialog between a bunch of ex football players. As for the main character, Neely Crenshaw - he was a loser. He never made it as a football star because of an injury in college but The author just seemed to make him a pity party. Poor Neely Crenshaw. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda. Even his ex girlfriend (whom we were led to believe by the dj that there would be a reunion or something happily ever after) had no use for him. There really wasn't one likable character in this story. There was no plot, no action - really no point. The most ridiculous part of the story was when an ex-football player turned Prisoner was allowed to attend the funeral. Don't waste your time on this one.