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Castro's Curveball - by Tim Wendel (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • Recently widowed and now retired, Billy Bryan is "coming to the end of many things.
  • About the Author: Tim Wendel is an award-winning writer whose articles and columns have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today.
  • 292 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Sports

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About the Book



When an old scrapbook stirs memories, Billy Bryan looks back to the year 1947 when he was playing winter ball in Cuba, enjoying Havana's decadent nightlife, and dreaming of a major-league career.



Book Synopsis



Recently widowed and now retired, Billy Bryan is "coming to the end of many things." Then a long-forgotten scrapbook stirs memories of a distant past--and beckons him and his grown daughter on a reluctant journey to relive his role in history. In 1947 Bryan was playing winter ball in Cuba, his future as uncertain as the island country's. Then one fateful night Bryan witnessed a young student radical named Fidel unleash an amazing curveball. So begins Bryan's tug-of-war with destiny.



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Recently widowed and now retired, Billy Bryan is "coming to the end of many things". Then a long-forgotten scrapbook stirs memories of a distant past -- and beckons him and his grown daughter on a reluctant journey to relive his role in history. In 1947 Billy Bryan is playing winter ball in Cuba, his future as uncertain as that island country's. Then one fateful night Bryan witnesses a young student radical named Fidel unleash an amazing curveball. So begins Billy's tug-of-war with destiny....



Review Quotes




"A superbly crafted meditation on heroism, duty, and the irony derived from recognizing everyone's imperfections but your own."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A Cuba libre mixed with baseball, revolution, and moonlight, wonderfully evocative of a time that was and a pitcher that might have been."--Frank Deford, author of Everybody's All-American

"In this first novel, well-known sportswriter and radio commentator Wendel explores the legend that Fidel Castro could've been a contender in America's major leagues. . . . Beautifully written, and with a ring of truth to it."--Library Journal

"Tim Wendel's love and impressive knowledge of baseball suffuses every page of this passionate novel of love, loss, and the real freedom that wisdom and time sometimes bring."--Ken Burns, coauthor of Baseball: An Illustrated History



About the Author



Tim Wendel is an award-winning writer whose articles and columns have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today. He teaches writing at Johns Hopkins University and is the author of The New Face of Baseball: The One-Hundred-Year Rise and Triumph of Latinos in America's Favorite Sport. For more information on Tim Wendel, visit his Web site http: //www.timwendel.com.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.02 Inches (H) x 5.32 Inches (W) x .62 Inches (D)
Weight: .72 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 292
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Sports
Publisher: Bison Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Tim Wendel
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 2006
TCIN: 1005134526
UPC: 9780803259577
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-2724
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.62 inches length x 5.32 inches width x 8.02 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.72 pounds
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