Il Basket d'Italia was Jim Patton's first book. Looks like he went on to write a series of mysteries, but this one is about him spending a season (1992-93) in Italy to write about the Italian professional basketball league. With hindsight it's fun to read about Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, etc. at a time when Europeans were very rare in the NBA, and Mike D'Antoni is a major character.
However, the story is really about Patton's year, and is almost the kind of travel book that Bill Bryson does so well: a sense of the place, a sense of the author, and basketball too.***
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