Inside Moves Author:Todd Walton An off-beat, exuberant novel that focuses on the bonds of friendship and courage that are formed between two men brought together by hardship ... and a dream of winning. — Jerry Maxwell and his good friend Roary are two young men who divide their time between a San Francisco hangout called Max's Bar and the bleachers of the Oakland Sports Com... more »plex, cheering the Golden State Warriors. Jerry, especially, is a fanatic and vociferous basketball fan, and one day his unexpected victory in a one-on-one game with an Oakland star rookie spurs him on to realize a seemingly impossible dream: to play professional basketball.
Jerry's dream of a career in pro basketball has never seemed possible for he has been crippled since birth. Roary, too, is crippled, as are most of the men and women who make Max's Bar their shelter from the world of normal people. But together the two men -- with the help of their friends -- set about to make this dream a reality; and in so doing they are forced to move outside the private world they have created for themselves. They are also forced to learn a great deal about loving and living and, most importantly, about winning.
Inside Moves is an unsentimental, often funny story that looks truthfully at a group of people we too often try to forget.« less