Paumgarten delivers finely calibrated sentences with echoes of Emerson and Whitman, an American Sublime amid the Plexiglass confines of the rink ... A macho book, though, drenched in sweat and blood and hormones ... Elegant.
Inventive ... Vivid ... Hockey fans will adore this, and more casual readers will be charmed by Paumgarten’s thoughtful examinations of manhood. It’s a winner.
