Sport & Leisure is a darkly comic novel set mostly on Madeline Island, Wisconsin, where a disgraced hockey coach and an ambitious Hollywood producer find their lives dangerously intertwined. As locals and outsiders clash during a hedonistic summer weekend, both men are forced to confront past traumas, shifting notions of masculinity, and their shared connection to the same woman.
“In this rousing, expertly layered story set in the northern grit of Minnesota, Trondson has crafted a novel somewhere between the meticulous blue-collar eye of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska album and the loveable losers seen in a Coen Brothers movie.”
Todd Smith, author of Hockey Strong: Stories of Sacrifice from Inside the NHL
A captivating and compelling demolition derby of old money privilege, no money envy, tennis glory days, hockey knuckles, and Hollywood sleaze— An exceptionally good book by an exceptionally masterful writer—Tom Strelich, award-winning author of Dog Logic
