![]() ![]() He is newly arrived at Westish College in the Mid-West, a liberal arts facility with an ailing baseball team, The Harpooners, it is hoped he can turn around. ![]() His bible is The Art of Fielding, a book written by his hero baseball player Aparicio Rodriguez. Henry Skrimshander has a talent for playing short stop that borders on the genius. He has done so – and in doing so breathes new life into the well worn tale of sport as metaphor for our hopes and dreams, in this wonderful, warm novel. Harbach seems to want to simply tell a good story, with fully imagined believable characters that engrosses and entertains. The Art of Fielding is a very readable book in an almost old-fashioned way. It reminded me of why I love to read novels, how engulfed in them I can become, how utterly invested in the characters and how bereft I can feel when they are over. I need to thank my Reading Roulette voters because I loved The Art of Fielding.ĭespite being my last read of 2014, it was my best book of the year without question. ![]()
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