No luck so far? Maybe your dad is a sports guy. Get him this book about an underdog rowing team that, against all odds, outperformed highly acclaimed teams and competed against a German crew rowing for Hitler in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. If your dad is a fan of compelling nonfiction (for instance, "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand or "In the Garden of the Beasts" by Erik Larson), this might be the next book that he really, really loves.
