# The Awesome Game: One Man's Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey - Hardcover

by **Dave Hill** (Author)

**One man's search to answer the ultimate question in sports: Why is hockey so incredibly awesome?**

Dave Hill--author, actor, rock musician and stand-up comedian--is a truly outstanding American. For one thing, he's part Canadian (an advantage he explored in his previous book _Parking the Moose_). For another, and maybe this has something to do with his Canadian heritage, he's a totally obsessive fan of hockey. That makes him a minority within a minority: apparently only five percent of the US population admit to liking hockey more than any other sport.

In his latest opus, Dave--who's from Cleveland, which hasn't had an NHL team since 1978--tackles this hockey conundrum with full force, drilling down into what makes hockey so damn important in so many parts of the world, despite the average American not recognizing the sport's preeminent greatness. His search for the very soul of hockey has taken him across the globe, from Poland to LA to Kenya, and brought him into contact with many of the sport's great and good. Humorous but heartfelt, Bill Bryson-like but hipper, this is arguably the greatest book ever written about hockey and definitely the one to be asking for at Christmas.

### Author Biography

**Dave Hill** is a comedian, writer, and musician originally from Cleveland but now living in New York City. He has writ­ten for _The New York Times_, _The Paris Review_, _Salon_, _GQ_, _McSweeney's_, the _Cleveland Plain Dealer_, and _Guitar World_, among other publications. He is a regular contributor to public radio's _This American Life_ and hosts his own radio show, _The Goddamn Dave Hill Show_, on WFMU in Jersey City, New Jersey. Dave has starred in his own TV series, _The King of Miami_, on the MOJO Network, which was canceled even though Dave really liked it. He has also appeared on Comedy Central, BBC America, MTV, and Adult Swim, among others, and is a regular host on HBO and Cinemax. Dave performs live comedy in theaters and basements all over the world. He also plays guitar and sings in his own rock band, Valley Lodge, whose song "Go" is the theme song for HBO's _Last Week Tonight with John Oliver_. _Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore_ is his sec­ond collection of nonfiction essays. _Tasteful Nudes: . . . and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation_ is his first.

**Number of Pages:** 256

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 8.8 x 6.5 IN

**Publication Date:** October 24, 2023

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