Whatever Happened to Gloomy Gus of the Chicago Bears? : A Novel

This Depression Era tale tells of the rise and fall of the Chicago Bear that could not stay onside—Gloomy Gus, alias Iron Butt, i.e., Dick to his friends from Whittier, CA. Coover takes apart myth making with this one. Interweaves the fate of a cast of passionate--and lunatic--idealists of the Depression Era Left, and the rise and fall of a poet, womanizer, actor, union sympathizer and All-American football star known as Gloomy Gus