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The House of Moses All-Stars Hardcover - 1996

by Charley Rosen

This bittersweet comic novel follows the House of Moses All-Stars--a third-rate Jewish basketball team--as it crosses the country seeking hope, redemption, and a winning season. Charlie Rosen is also the author of Have Jump Shot-Will Travel, which was nominated for the National Book Award.


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Basketball player, coach, and critically acclaimed novelist CHARLEY ROSEN played for Hunter College from 1959–62, where he set school records for scoring and rebounding, and was voted team MVP all three years. He went on to play for the US Maccabiah team in 1961, for Camden and Scranton in the Eastern League (a forerunner of the Continental Basketball Association) in 1962, and was a member of the bronze-medal-winning team in the World Senior Games in 1994. Rosen coached in the minor-league Continental Basketball Association for nine years and was the head coach of the women's team at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He lives in Woodstock, NY.

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Here is the story of an all-Jewish basketball team traveling in a hearse through Depression-era America in search of redemption and big money. A hilarious road novel, The House of Moses All-Stars is also a passionate portrayal of a young Jewish man struggling to realize his dreams in a country struggling to recover its ideals. Charley Rosen gives us basketball as a metaphor for life. As the members of this motley crew travel west to California through an anti-Semitic land that disdains and rebuffs them, they discover that their nation is as confused as they are - torn between its fears of foreigners and poverty, and its belief in democratic ideals of tolerance and opportunity. Told with a rueful eye, The House of Moses All-Stars looks critically and lovingly at what it means to be an outsider in America.

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  • Title The House of Moses All-Stars
  • Author Charley Rosen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Pages 496
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Seven Stories Press, New York
  • Date 1996-11-05
  • ISBN 9781888363333 / 1888363339
  • Weight 1.49 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.55 in (21.84 x 14.73 x 3.94 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96030235
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/15/1996, Page 710
  • Library Journal, 12/01/1996, Page 147
  • New York Times, 12/15/1996, Page 13
  • NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1997, Page 62
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/04/1996, Page 65

About the author

A native of the Bronx and longtime pal of basketball guru Phil Jackson, CHARLEY ROSEN led the league in technical fouls during each of his six years as a coach in the now-defunct Continental Basketball Association. Since then he has become the world's foremost writer of fiction and nonfiction on the subject of basketball, chronicling the drama that takes place both on and off the court. His many novels include The House of Moses All-Stars, a New York Times Notable Book, and Sammy Wong: All-American. His non-fiction works include The Scandals of '51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball and More than a Game, with Phil Jackson. Rosen is an analyst for hoopshype.com and a devotee of the Triangle Offense. He lives in Accord, NY.
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