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Author:
John Thompson, Jesse Washington
Publisher:
Henry Holt and Co.
Date:
December 15, 2020
The autobiography of the legendary coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, whose achievements on and off the basketball court reflect America's unresolved struggle with racial justice.
What The Reviewers Say
Every chapter will bring back a lot of great basketball memories from Thompson’s coaching days along with his playing career, his family ties, the people who inspired him and others. Washington pens a brilliant note as the co-author. Thompson follows with a strong introduction.
In I Came as a Shadow, Thompson — who was long wary of revealing too much about himself and yet was continually frustrated about being misunderstood — finally gets to cast his legend on his own terms, in all of its contradictions.
John Thompson, who dominated the Georgetown University basketball scene for 27 years, held little back on the court and off. So it’s not surprising that his autobiography, I Came as a Shadow, is brutally honest and unsparing both to many in Thompson’s life and to Georgetown.
... a 352-page opus on a man with few regrets — and lamenting little.
