The Awesome Game My Incredible, Globe-Crushing Hockey Odyssey

One man's search to answer the ultimate question in sports: Why is hockey so incredibly awesome?

DAVE HILL—author, actor, rock musician and stand-up comedian—is an outstanding American. One thing that makes him stand out is that he's part Canadian—an advantage he explored in his previous book, Parking the Moose. Another is that he's obsessed with hockey. That makes him one of only five percent of Americans who've declared they like hockey more than any other sport. Unbelievable but true.

In The Awesome Game, Dave tackles this mind-blowing conundrum with full force, drilling down into what makes hockey so vitally important in so many parts of the world, despite the average American not recognizing its preeminent greatness.

His search for the very soul of hockey takes him across the globe, from Canada (of course) to Poland, Kenya, even New York, to observe on-ice action, mingle with fans and interrogate some of the sport's greatest players and pundits.

The Awesome Game is bursting with passion, expert in its analysis and as deeply entertaining as the game itself (but funnier).

DAVE HILL is a comedian, writer, musician, actor, podcaster and man-about-town originally from Cleveland, Ohio, but now living in New York City. He is the author of three previous books, Parking the Moose, Dave Hill Doesn't Live Here Anymore and Tasteful Nudes, and has written for The New York Times, GQ, Salon, The Paris Review, McSweeney's, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, VICE, Guitar World and a bunch of other places. Comedy legend Dick Cavett called Dave "a major figure among American comic writers, past and present." Dave has appeared on such TV shows as Inside Amy Schumer and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, hosted for HBO and Cinemax, and performed live comedy around the world. For five years he hosted The Goddamn Dave Hill Show on the WFMU radio station in Jersey City. Dave is a frequent contributor to public radio's This American Life. He currently sings and plays guitar in the psych/garage rock band Painted Doll, the extremely extreme Norwegian black metal band Witch Taint, and the power pop band Valley Lodge, whose song "Go" is the theme to HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.