The Art Of Fielding attempts to squeeze itself into a well-populated lineup with its tale of a baseball prodigy on the verge of greatness, but novelist Chad Harbach acquits himself well in his first at-bat. The novel’s title doubles as that of the spiritual guide 18-year-old Henry Skrimshander uses to perfect his game while slugging away on an American Legion team in South Dakota, idolizing its shortstop author, Aparicio Rodriguez. Spotted at practice after a game by captain Mike Schwartz, Henry is speedily recruited by the tony private Westish College, a Wisconsin liberal-arts school best known for a brief ...
- 9/7/2011
- avclub.com
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