House of Nails: A Memoir of Life on the Edge - Lenny Dykstra Audiobook

Written by Lenny Dykstra
Read by Patrick Lawler
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: HarperAudio
Release date: June 28, 2016
Duration: 08:31:48

Eclipsing the traditional sports memoir, House of Nails, by former world champion, multimillionaire entrepreneur, and imprisoned felon Lenny Dykstra, spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions — a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss.

Nicknamed “Nails” for his hustle and grit, Lenny approached the game of baseball — and life — with mythic intensity. During his decade in the majors as a center fielder for the legendary 1980s Mets and the 1990s Phillies, he was named to three All-Star teams and played in two of the most memorable World Series of the modern era. An overachiever known for his clutch hits, high on-base percentage, and aggressive defense, his former minor-league roommate Billy Beane as the prototypical “Moneyball” player in Michael Lewis’s bestseller later identified Lenny. Tobacco-stained, steroid-powered, and booze-and-drug-fueled, Nails also defined a notorious era of excess in baseball.

Then came a second act no novelist could plausibly conjure: After retiring, Dykstra became a celebrated business mogul and investment guru. Touted as “one of the great ones” by CNBC’s Jim Cramer, he became “baseball’s most improbable post-career success story” (The New Yorker), purchasing a $17.5-million mansion and traveling the world by private jet. But when the economy imploded in 2008, Lenny lost everything. Then the feds moved in: convicted of bankruptcy fraud (unjustly, he contends), Lenny served two and a half harrowing years in prison, where he was the victim of a savage beating by prison guards that knocked out his front teeth.

Hilarious, unflinchingly honest, and irresistibly readable, House of Nails makes no apologies and leaves nothing left unsaid.

“..Dykstra makes no apologies, offering “the real truth,” but readers’ opinions of him will be harsh.” — Kirkus Reviews,