Publication

1952 - Ferrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

59,250 words, Guess

Page Count

237 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing149023

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3563.A4 N3 1952h

Description

Gifted baseball player Roy Hobbs, his career derailed by a youthful indiscretion, makes a stunning comeback in later life, but finds himself still struggling against the temptations that would bring him to ruin.

First Sentence

Roy Hobbs pawed at the glass before thinking to prick a match with his thumbnail and hold the spurting flame in his cupped palm close to the lower berth window, but by then he had figured it was a tunnel they were passing through and was no longer surprised at the bright sight of himself holding a yellow light over his head, peering back in.

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Genres

  • Fiction.

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