Putting the Boot In

"Duffy was worrying about AIDS, football and the meaning of life when the athletic job came up. The team's (Third Division, struggling) star midfielder's Achilles tendon and inconveniently snapped. An ordinary incident of everyday violence? The manager though otherwise. He knew someone was trying to finish off the club. The deeper Duffy went, the more it seemed the manager wasn't displaying the I.Q. of a lobotomized amoeba. And the closer Duffy got to the truth-- the more he had to worry about"--Page 4 of cover.