Greco

In this unforgettable novel from USA Today bestselling author C. G. Cooper, a college football star struggles to pull himself free from his fathers tangled past. Its 1989, and college freshman Michael Greco is ready to leave his dreary small townand the grief of his fathers deathbehind. He has everything he needs for a great year: a starting spot on the football team, new friends, and a promising flirtation with a beautiful grad student. But just as Greco settles in to campus life, his uncle shows up demanding that he take care of his fathers unfinished business with a powerful Chicago gangster. As Greco is drawn further into this cutthroat world, he struggles to shield his troubled younger brother and spiraling mother from the truth. Can he figure out who he is, and what sort of man he wants to be, before the past extinguishes any hope of a different future? Unflinchingly honest, C. G. Coopers Greco is a complex exploration of identity, alienation, and the weight of atoning for inherited sins.