Working The Glass [Hardcover]

There's a warmth and geniality in the prose that's quite effective in Working the Glass: A Novel. Andrew is telling an exciting story with a likeable character in Frank. This writer took charge and did the rebounding to craft a successful narrative.

--Doug Dorst, author of the novel S, Amazon.com's #1 bestseller in mashup fiction

Kloak's writing style is terrific. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel set in Chicago and the Czech Republic. The owner of the Svet basketball sports club gives Frank a raw deal. But deep down, our exciting hero has the attitude of a winner and the heart of a champion.

--A. John Popp, MD, FACS, winner of the Cushing Medal, the highest award in organized neurosurgery

Readers demand a foreign love interest in a story like this. You also need enough sports scenes/action to make it credible and satisfying. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham has a similar premise but Andrew surpasses that and more in this book.

--Skip Horack, author of The Other Joseph and The Eden Hunter, a New York Times Editors' Choice

I love Frank's character and we see him grow and expand with each chapter. He's a character that shows us how he feels on the inside. When he takes the floor, it's exciting and riveting. I was completely engrossed in this novel.

--Heather Haven, author Death of a Clown, Winner of the IPPY Silver for Best Mystery/Thriller

This is a wonderful glimpse into European basketball and Chicago---especially Ethnic Chicago. The story in the beginning of the novel of the cedar boards rubber-banded to the boys' hands is quite magical; it combines flawlessly the father's love and his impossible standards.

--Rob Ehle, Wallace Stegner Writing Fellow at Stanford

September 1993. Ferenc Frank Savek, a gritty rebounder and defensive specialist from Chicago's Czech neighborhoods, seizes his last chance at basketball glory by impersonating his Australia-bound brother, Josef on a struggling Czech superliga team mid-way through tlóF