"Jeff Pearlman writing about Brett Favre is a perfect match of author and subject, making Gunslinger as rollicking and raucous and joyous as Favre was improvising at Lambeau Field." -David Maraniss, author of When Pride Still Mattered and Once in a Great City "Over two decades, Brett Favre was as compelling a figure as any in the National Football League. He alone was 'Must-See TV.' In Gunslinger , Jeff Pearlman provides an extraordinary look at every facet of the life of a man who performed on sport's grandest stage and who had one helluva time along the way." -Al Michaels "Jeff Pearlman's deeply reported book is an unprecedented picture of an unprecedented athlete. Brett Favre emerges as at once incorrigibly childish and a magnetic leader of men. Perhaps never in sports history has a star so big inhabited a market so small. Gunslinger leaves an impression of Favre that is neither simply good nor bad, but rather something nearly non-existent in sportswriting today: a full portrait of a human being.
" -David Epstein, author of The Sports Gene "Here's a story as iconic as 'The Gunslinger' himself, Brett Favre. Like Favre, Jeff Pearlman goes deep-and scores." -Adam Schefter, author of Romo: My Life on the Edge and Think Like A Champion "This is the deepest understanding we are likely to have of Favre for quite some time. Pearlman's book is a complete, satisfying biography of a gunslinger who, for both better and worse, was far more complex than most fans have understood." -- Kirkus Reviews "Presenting Favre as a congenial, larger-than-life character, a 'gunslinger,' who was fun to watch on the field and hard to root against, Pearlman proves to be a good match for his subject and creates a compelling work." -- Library Journal , starred review "A wealth of NFL-insider anecdotes sure to enthrall fans. Rarely does a straightforward sports bio ascend mainstream best-seller lists, but this could be the exception. Clear a spot: Gunslinger is coming.
" -- Booklist "Skilled sports biographer Pearlman brings his dogged, one-more-phone-call approach to this massively enjoyable book on Brett Favre, the gambling, cannon-armed quarterback whose talent and boyish enthusiasm brought the Green Bay Packers back to hallowed relevance in the mid-1990s." -- Publishers Weekly "What does 'Gunslinger' offer the Wisconsinite who has read a gazillion words about Favre over the past decades? A perspective outside the Packerland bubble, for one. He also delivers detailed reporting on aspects of Favre's life that we tend to dismiss in a line of background . Compelling." -- Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "Terrific . It's not only a page-turner, but it's built on a foundation of solid journalism by an author who has a background as a newspaper reporter . Many [stories] are new and draw back the curtain on Favre's life in a way that hadn't been done." -- Gary D'Amato, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "The compelling, complete story of his legend, and his faults.
" -- Chicago Tribune "Comprehensive and readable, it's chock-full of stories gleaned through 573 interviews; even better, it provides a sense of the man." -- Sports Illustrated "A must-read . Well-researched and entertaining." -- AOL.com.