Now I Can Die in Peace

Now I Can Die in Peace
Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, With a Little Help From Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004 Red Sox  
Author(s) Bill Simmons
Country  United States
Language English
Genre(s) Sports anthology
Publisher ESPN Books
Publication date 2006
Media type Print
Pages 384 pp (paperback)
ISBN ISBN 978-1933060132

Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, With a Little Help From Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004 Red Sox is a 2006 sports anthology of original columns written by ESPN sports writer Bill Simmons. Simmons, a passionate Boston Red Sox fan, chronicles the team's 2004 season and 2004 World Series win.

Reviews

Booklist starred its review and said Simmons' tone was a "refreshing, funny take on Boston's reversal of fortune."

Summary

Now I Can Die in Peace is a collection of Simmons' articles from 1999 to 2004. It chronicles events such as Pedro Martinez's 1999 Cy Young season, the loss to the New York Yankees in the 2003 ALCS, and the 2004 ALCS, when the Red Sox won the last 4 games after they lost the first three games of the series. It contains frequent pop culture references and comparisons to The Shawshank Redemption.

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