First Edition minor dust jacket damage "The Muse has said to Peter Gent. 'Go long. And it'll be there! The Muse was not just woofing." -Roy Blount Jr. "The Franchise is the best thing I've read since the old original menu at El Rancho in Austin. I'm delighted to learn that Pete Gent hasn't regained his sanity. There is more truth about the NFL in one paragraph of his novel than there is in all of the publicity releases that have ever been sent out by all the clubs. In fact, there is more truth about the NFL in The Franchise than there has ever been throughout an eternity of newspaper journalism." -Dan Jenkins, author of Semi-Tough