Heart of a Pagan
by Andrew Bernstein

Spotlight Reviews

An Adventure Story as a Philosophical Swashbuckler, July 27, 2002
Reviewer: Burgess Laughlin from Portland, OR United States
...The central character is a young man who pursues intellectual and physical goals with zeal. He reads Greek and loves playing basketball, always to win. As a student crusading in a small town, he aims to restore the "pagan" virtue of striving for excellence...*Heart of a Pagan* is Andrew Bernstein's novel. It shows his interlocked world of sports *and* philosophy, his exuberance, and his passionate pursuit of values.

Heart of a Pagan--soul of a hero, June 23, 2002
Reviewer: rand5470 from Minneapolis, MN
From beginning to end, Heart of a Pagan is a GOOD story, and I relished every moment I spent reading it. The novel relates the
adventures of a basketball player named Swoop who turns a small Iowa town and its back-water university upside-down when he
brashly declares that he has come to lead its basketball team to a national championship... If you believe that personal goals are worth fighting for and life on earth is worth living, then Swoop is a hero worth knowing and Heart of a Pagan is a book worth reading.

A Wonderful Hero and Story, July 8, 2002
Reviewer: Caroline Henderson from Newburgh, New York
...Swoop is much more than an athlete; he is a man on a mission who experiences profound meaning in life. He inspires the narrator, the members of the Swoop Troop and, ultimately, the reader....This is a book you should read immediately and savor perpetually. Its combination of riveting story and positive theme makes it unique among contemporary novels.

Reviewer: hglee from Avondale Estates, GA USA
...Far from another novel that simply promotes selfish values as an end in itself, Bernstein shows why genuine egoists embrace the proper role of man and how they raise the standard (of achievement and of life) that much higher for the rest of us....I recommend this novel to anyone who values the intentional and ruthless pursuit of perfection in his or her chosen field....

A modern Greek myth of heroic porportions!, July 26, 2002
Reviewer: Joseph Kane from Naples Italy
...Note to the author: Please write more!!!!