Playing for pizza

I have been a huge fan of John Grisham's works for a long time. Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, The Client, The Brethren, The Partner had me riveted, till I finished the books. Alas Playing for Pizza doesn't compare to any of his previous works. I was struggling to the finish the book. The plot goes some thing like this. There is a disgraced NFL player who goes and plays for a local team in ITALY and wins their first Super Bowl. That's about it. There is nothing more . Nada. You have just finished the book in that one line.

The story has no twists or have you wondering what is going to happen and is not a page turner. There is a lot of descriptions of the deceltable meats and cheese in Parma, Italy and some football play. YAWN!