Season on the Brink
Why isA Season on the Brinkthe bestselling sports book of all time? The answer is easy: Bobby Knight. Audaciously brilliant, exasperatingly volatile, andneverboring, the Indiana University basketball coach is Greek drama and comedy neatly wrapped in a red sweater. Like all high-strung people, Knight is particularly interesting when things don't go according to his playbook. John Feinstein had the good fortune to follow Knight and his Hoosiers through a difficult 1985-86 campaign; that Feinstein could watch that season attached to Knight's hip givesA Season on the Brinkits sights and its sounds. That such closeness allowed entry into Knight's heart gives the book its fury. The  combination is irresistible.