Gunslinger ─ The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre

A New York Times Bestseller

Nominated for the PEN/ESPN Literary Writing Award

“The compelling, complete story of [Favre’s] legend, and his faults.” —Chicago Tribune

In Gunslinger, Jeff Pearlman tells Brett Favre’s story for the first time, charting his unparalleled journey from a rough rural childhood and lackluster high school football career to landing the last scholarship at Southern Mississippi, to a car accident that nearly took his life, and eventually to the NFL and Green Bay, where he restored the Packers to greatness and inspired a fan base as passionate as any in the game. Yet he struggled with demons: addiction, infidelity, the loss of his father, and a fraught, painfully prolonged exit from the game he loved, a game he couldn’t bear to leave.

JEFF PEARLMAN is the New York Times best-selling author of six books, including?Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s and?Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton.