Thunder and Lightning: A No-B.S. Hockey Memoir - Softcover

"Colourful characters and crazy capers spill out of the pages - totally uncensored. The drinking, the skirt chasing and profanity remain."
-Canadian Press (Vancouver Province, Kingston Whig-Standard, Ottawa Sun, Windsor Star, and more)

"Thunder and Lightning, written with sports author Peter Golenbock, better portrays Esposito's warts and his lust for life, revealing an R-rated, quick-witted, fiercely loyal competitor, a longshoreman on skates who packed his lunch pail with an unquenchable will to win.

"Esposito's candour and storytelling are terrific...."
-Montreal Gazette, October 11, 2003

"Just like Esposito, the book is opinionated and to the point. This is the way he sees it and if that offends you, then too bad."
-The Windsor Star, November 11, 2003

"Funny and rollicking. Honest."
-Toronto Star, October 5, 2003

"Above all else, Espo is a talker. That makes for a good read.

"This is just a bunch of stories strung together that tell the story of a famous life - stories you'd love to sit around and listen to and laugh to, along with a cigar, a beverage, and big ol' Espo himself."
-Edmonton Sun, October 29, 2003

"Its saltiness makes this one of the more honest sporting memoirs."
-Victoria Times-Colonist, December 14, 2003

"Esposito, noted for the intensity of his emotions as well as his ability to score from the slot, delivers what publishers like to call a 'rollicking' good read."
-Toronto Star, November 20, 2003

Phil Esposito played with the Chicago Blackhawks, the Boston Bruins, and the New York Rangers. After his retirement as a player, he did colour commentary for Rangers games and then became the Rangers' general manager. He was a founder and a part owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He lives in Florida.

Peter Golenbock has written some of sports' most important books, including Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-64, The Bronx Zoo, which he wrote in 1979 with New York Yankee pitcher Sparky Lyle; BUMS: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Personal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball; American Zoom, a history of NASCAR; and Wild, High and Tight, his biography of Yankee manager Billy Martin. Peter Golenbock lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.