description: This fictional memoir, the first of an autobiographical trilogy, traces a self professed failure's nightmarish decent into the underside of American life and his resurrection to the wisdom that emerges from despair.
language: English
title: A Fan's Notes
titlecomplete: A Fan's Notes
characters: Mrs. Exley, Mr. Blue (A Fan's Notes), Earl Exley, Bunny Sue Allorgee, Patience Exley, Christopher Plumpton, Fred Exley
genres: Fiction, American, Football, Sports, Literature, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 4358
places: New York (State), Chicago, Illinois
series: A Fan's Notes
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, awardedAt: -63129600000
name: William Faulkner Foundation Award, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Ballantine Books