The Gym - Cowherd, Kevin

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Résumé :
Jack Doherty is a walking mid-life crisis. Overweight and lonely, newly-divorced after a spectacular act of infidelity on the part of his wife and close to losing his job as a hotshot newspaper columnist, he joins a gym hoping for an existential do-over, if not washboard abs and bulging biceps. Another shot at romance wouldn't hurt, either. One day a mysterious new member shows up: an incredibly-fit octogenarian who seemingly defies the ravages of age. Anthony Maldon does grueling one-handed chin-ups, withering jump-rope routines, amazing cartwheels and backflips -- all without breaking a sweat. No one has ever seen anything like this geezer phenom. But Jack and his new workout buddies soon learn that Tony Maldon harbors a dark secret: 30 years earlier, he committed a horrific crime that earned him national notoriety, a long stretch in the slammer and the singular nickname Oven Mitts.Like Jack, Oven Mitts seeks his own form of redemption in this darkly-comic tale. And when the two are thrown together in a high-stakes fitness competition, an unlikely bond forms between the enigmatic ex-con and the struggling journalist, who just might walk away with the biggest story of his career....

Biographie:
Kevin Cowherd is the New York Times best-selling author of Hothead and five other baseball novels for young readers written with Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. and published by Disney-Hyperion BooksCowherd has also written six books of non-fiction. His 2019 book When the Crowd Didn't Roar: How Baseball's Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope was featured as one of the five best new sports books in the Times' Summer Reading issue that year.He was an award-winning sports columnist and features writer for The Baltimore Sun for 32 years, and has also written for Men's Health, Parenting and Baseball Digest magazines.He lives with his wife, Nancy, in Cockeysville, Md.His website: kevin.cowherd.com