MVP (novel)

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MVP is the debut novel of writer James Boice. It follows the life story of Gilbert Marcus, a star basketball player who rapes and kills a woman in a hotel room during the off-season. The prologue was featured in Esquire Magazine [1] in September 2006. Publishers Weekly described it as a "stunning debut."

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