Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets 14th & V welcomes Robert Bausch to present the new book "The Legend of Jesse Smoke."
On vacation in Belize, Skip Granger, Washington Redskins assistant coach, sees a football thrown with extraordinary power and precision—and at once goes into recruiting mode. The powerful arm belongs to Jesse Smoke, and she won’t be playing for the Washington Divas much longer. Signed as the new quarterback for the Redskins, Jesse is stellar on the field, but privately struggles with the pressure of proving herself and with intimidation from fellow players. In his ninth work of fiction, Bausch, winner of both a Fellowship of Southern Writers Hillsdale Award and the John Dos Passos Prize, delivers a realistic depiction of professional football, complete with stats, plays, and institutional resistance to change.
