●Neely Crenshaw是當時耀眼的四分後衛，十五年後，當一切光榮的日子逐漸消逝，他再度回到故鄉參加教練 Eddie Rake的葬禮。Eddi Rake是一位訓練嚴格，並一手讓球隊成名的教練，也是讓Neely又愛又恨的教練。在葬禮期間，Neely和其他隊友也再次回到球場上回憶過去的一切，Neely也因此對人生有一番新的體認。
「Bleachers」是 John Grisham 根據自己高中參加橄欖球隊的經驗所寫下的作品，主角Neely Crenshaw，因橄欖球隊生涯讓他成名，但是之後的歷練與人性的衝突才是更引以為戒的！
Bleachers is a novel of high school football, a legendary coach and the perils of too early fame. Fifteen years after graduation, Neely Crenshaw, one-time star quarterback of the Messina Spartans, returns home on hearing news of the impending death of tough-as-nails coach Eddie Rake, a man both loved and feared by his players. Neely struggles to reconcile his conflicted feelings towards his former coach, and he assays to rekindle love in the ex-girlfriend he abandoned long ago. For Messina and for Neely, the homecoming offers the prospect of building a life after Rake.