Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper (P.S.)

Asaboy,StephenJ.Dubner'sherowasFrancoHarris,thefamedandmysteriousrunningbackforthePittsburghSteelers.WhenDubner'sfatherdied,hebecameobsessed--hedreamedofhisheroeverynight;hesignedhisschoolpapers"FrancoDubner."Thoughtheynevermet,itwasFrancoHarriswhoshepherdedDubnerthroughafatherlessboyhood.Twentyyearslater,Dubner,anaccomplishedwriter,seesHarrisonamagazinecover.Hislong-dormantobsessioncomesroaringback.HejourneystoPittsburgh,certainthatHarriswillembracehim.Andheis...well,wrong.Toldwiththegritofajournalistandthegraceofamemoirist,ConfessionsofaHero-Worshiperisabreathtaking,heartbreaking,andoftenhumorousstoryofastonishingdevelopments.Itisalsoasparklingmeditationonthenatureofhero-worship--which,likereligionandlove,tellsusasmuchaboutourselvesasabouttheobjectofourdesire.