Ted's plane book: The Dharma Bums

Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) · Plane

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What it tells you

The first book on the show is in Ted's hands before he has set foot in England. He is flying to London to coach a sport he does not understand, holding Jack Kerouac. Book Riot spotted it open to chapter 14, a solo trip into the wilderness, which is a lot of foreshadowing for a man in economy.

Sources: Overanalyzing Every Book in TED LASSO Season 1, Book Riot · Ted Lasso Sure Loves Books, Doesn't He?, Literary Hub · Coach Beard's Book Club podcast (episodes 2 to 8) · The Literary Wisdom of Ted Lasso, ThriftBooks

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The Dharma Bums

Jack Kerouac · 1958 · novel

Kerouac's follow-up to On the Road, about two friends chasing Zen Buddhism up mountains. The Japhy Ryder character is based on the poet Gary Snyder. Ted came to England for a fresh start, and he packed a manual for walking away from everything.

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