Karlen Neal Slouching Toward Fargo: A Two-Year Saga of Sinners and St. Paul Saints at the Bottom of the Bush Leagues with Bill Murray, Darryl Strawberry, 9780873519519

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Автор: Karlen Neal
Название: Slouching Toward Fargo: A Two-Year Saga of Sinners and St. Paul Saints at the Bottom of the Bush Leagues with Bill Murray, Darryl Strawberry,
ISBN: 9780873519519
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация: ISBN-10: 0873519515
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 384
Вес: 0.49 кг.
Дата издания: 01.09.2014
Язык: English
Размер: 217 x 139 x 28
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: In his classic account of two years with the most audacious bush league ballclub ever to plumb the bottom of the pro sports barrel, Neal Karlen presents a dizzying collection of characters: co-owners comedian Bill Murray and sports impresario Mike Veeck; baseballs formerly winningest pitcher Jack Morris; outfielder Darryl Strawberry, on his way back to the majors; the back-rubbing Sister Rosalind; baseballs first woman player Ila Borders; frantic fans, a ball-carrying pig, a blind sportscaster, and a host of others. They all prove the credo of the Saints: Fun is Good. Hilarious, insightful, touching, informative, Neal Karlens baseball account delivers a world of vivid characters and ironic redemptions. Karlen is simply one of the best, most sophisticated, and literate practitioners of journalism we have. He goes out and gets the full story, while turning himself into a wonderfully self-mocking, truthful, and likable narrator. I loved every page of this book. --Phillip Lopate, author, essayist, and film critic Two things make it great: characters and story line. The tale is rendered in hilarious fashion, mixing plenty of baseball with plenty of laughs. --Rocky Mountain News A fun-is-good book . . . with] enough oddballs to make Alices Adventures in Wonderland seem like a straightforward account of a schoolgirls visit to a theme park. --Sports Illustrated this isnt from a review, must be from a column] The funkiest team in baseball. --The New York Times
Neal Karlen, who has written for the New York Times, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, is the author or co-author of seven books, including Augies Secrets from the Minnesota Historical Society Press.

Slouching Toward Fargo: A Two-Year Saga of Sinners and St. Paul Saints at the Bottom of the Bush Leagues with Bill Murray, Darryl Strawberry,, Karlen Neal