Having
little interest in baseball unless the home team is in the World Series, I
resisted reading this popular title for quite a while. But, like Shoeless
Joe, Field of Dreams, and The Natural,
it is about much more than “just” baseball – and also once again demonstrates
that the game somehow inspires good books and movies as well as great fans. One critic said, "The Art of Fielding
is mere baseball fiction the way Moby Dick is just a fish story"
(Nicholas Dawidoff), and indeed, Moby
Dick figures prominently in the book and the team is known as the Harpooners. Engaging and beautifully written. 528 pp.
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