Home Game |
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| Authors: | Quarrington, Paul |
| Publisher: | Random House of Canada |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC000000, FIC016000, FIC038000, FIC090020 |
| ISBN: | 9780307364074, Related ISBNs: 0307364070, 0679307850, 0770423124, 9780307364074, 9780679307853 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 288, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: Nathanael "Crybaby" Isbister was once the greatest baseball player in the world, but now he's a down-on-his-luck drifter on the road to oblivion. That is until he wanders into a circus sideshow troupe stranded in a tiny Michigan town dominated by a hellfire-and brimstone religious sect. The sect vows to drive the troupe out, but give them one unlikely chance to remain--the baseball game to end all baseball games.
A funny, moving novel, Home Game walks the straight but delicate line between absurdity and compassion with dazzling style and expertise.
A funny, moving novel, Home Game walks the straight but delicate line between absurdity and compassion with dazzling style and expertise.
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