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The Art of Fielding
Chad Harbach
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Description for The Art of Fielding
Paperback. A wonderful, warm novel from a major new American voice. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
A wonderful, warm novel from a major new American voice.
Henry Skrimshander, newly arrived at college, shy and out of his depth, has a talent for baseball that borders on genius. But sometimes it seems that his only friend is big Mike Schwartz – who champions the talents of others, at the expense of his own. And Owen, Henry’s clever, charismatic, gay roommate, who has a secret that could put his brilliant college career in jeopardy.
Pella, the 23-year-old daughter ... Read more
Then, one fateful day, Henry makes a mistake – misthrows a ball. And everything changes…
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Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007374458
SKU
KAK0007666
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Chad Harbach
Chad Harbach grew up in Wisconsin, and graduated from Harvard in 1997. He was a Henry Hoyns Fellow at the University of Virginia, where he received an MFA in Fiction in 2004. He is currently the Executive Editor of n+1, which he co-founded, and lives in Brooklyn.
Reviews for The Art of Fielding
‘It's left a little hole in my life the way a really good book will’ Jonathan Franzen ‘This is an outstanding novel about sport and, in Henry Skrimshander, Harbach has created a character who will keep sports psychologists in conversation for years’ Mike Atherton, The Times ... Read more