MICHAEL LEWIS in conversation with ART THIEL
Tuesday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m. Downstairs at Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Avenue

A good and lively night should be in store as Michael Lewis, a writer whose bestselling books are read (Moneyball, Liar's Poker) and passionately discussed for years, makes this rare and welcome visit to discuss his seasonally timely new book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (W.W. Norton). Handing the ball off to him and offering pass protection in conversational mode will be acclaimed Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist and author Art Thiel. "As he did so memorably for baseball in Moneyball, Lewis takes a statistical X-ray to the hidden substructure of football, outlining the invisible doings of unsung players that determine the outcome more than the showy exploits of point scorers. In his sketch of the gridiron arms race, first came the modern, meticulously choreographed passing offense, then the ferocious defensive pass rushers whose bone-crunching quarterback sacks demolished the best-laid passing game, and finally the rise of the left tackle—the offensive lineman tasked with protecting the quarterback...A rare creature combining 300 pounds of bulk with 'the body control of a ballerina,' the anonymous left tackle, Lewis notes, is not often a team's highest-paid player. Lewis fleshes this out with the colorful saga of left tackle prodigy Michael Oher [now at Mississippi]...Combining a tour de force of sports analysis with a piquant ethnography of the South's pigskin mania, Lewis probes the fascinating question of whether football is a matter of brute force or subtle intellect." - Publishers Weekly. This should be fun. $5 tickets are available at Elliott Bay. Town Hall Seattle is located at 1119 Eighth Avenue ("Downstairs" entry on Seneca Street). For more information on this evening, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600.

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