Our American based authors will be familiar with the Pennsylvania State University child sex abuse scandal of last year. A former assistant coach of the Penn State football team, Jerry Sandusky aged 68, was found guilty of sexual crimes against children. He is expected to receive a sentence of sixty years in jail.
Joe Paterno was the legendary head coach of the team from 1966-2011. He was fired amid accusations that he knew about Sandusky’s crimes and concealed them. This biographical book was in the process of being written by Joe Posnanski before the scandal erupted. Inevitably, the author has to include details of the heinous crimes of Sandusky though the book is not primarily about that. Tragically, three months after receiving the sack Paterno died of lung cancer. Posnanski completed the book a few months later. Continue reading “Paterno”
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