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The Five Hole Stories by Dave Bidini

Dave Bidini is quite well known in hockey literary circles. He is best known as the author of Tropic of Hockey and The Best Game You Can Name , and here in Canada we also know him for his band, the Rheostatics, and for his hockey documentary, the Hockey Nomad. Bidini penned three other books. Baseballissimo is about baseball, while On a Cold Road is about life in a band. Both were, not surprisingly, critical and commercial successes. But did you know Bidini had another hockey book out? Back in 2006 he released 6 fictional short stories under the title The Five Hole Stories . Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Amazon.com - Chapters Here's the publisher's promo sheet on this lesser known book: Each of the six stories in Dave Bidini’s playful, irreverent new book takes a headlong run at the hockey dressing room, and each knocks the door down. What’s happening when the door opens next is anyone’s guess. In one story, a chronic minor-leaguer discovers the wonders—and the pitfalls—of the...