# The Sidekick

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- Book: [The Sidekick](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-markovits/the-sidekick) ([The Sidekick.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-markovits/the-sidekick.md))
- Authors: [Benjamin Markovits](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-markovits)
- Publisher: Faber AND Faber
- ISBN: 978-05-7137-153-2
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2023-04-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

ONE OF THE WEEK'S BEST NOVELS OF 2022‘Exquisite. . . Warm, humane, and tragic.’ JONATHAN LETHEM ‘Compelling and emotionally resonant.’ SpectatorAt his high school basketball try-outs, nerdy sports-obsessed Brian Blum meets new kid MarcusHayes. As a sportswriter, Brian spends the following twenty years tracking his friends’ superstar NBAcareer. But when Marcus mounts his last dance comeback, after a couple of years out of the game,both men must face the tensions of their unlikely dynamic, and the disappointments of gettingolder. Praise for The Sidekick:‘There is something so compelling about the questions of whether these two friends, despite theirfraught history and hefty egos, will rekindle a genuine connection . . . you’ll want to know how thegame turns out.’ TLS‘Contemporary fiction’s best kept secret . . . It’s gratifying to observe someone with a large amount of specific knowledge not only imparting that expertise, but unlocking some deeper meaning within it, like a top sports star working their magic.’ Sunday Business Post