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The Fixer

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Penguin BooksDescription: 299 pagesISBN:
  • 9780140185157
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.5
LOC classification:
  • PS3563.A4
Summary: Amazon.com Review Roy Hobbs, the protagonist of The Natural, makes the mistake of pronouncing aloud his dream: to be the best there ever was. Such hubris, of course, invites divine intervention, but the brilliance of Bernard Malamud's novel is the second chance it offers its hero, elevating him--and his story--into the realm of myth. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review "A brilliant and unusually fine novel." -The New York Times "A preposterously readable story about life." -Time "Malamud [holds a] high and honored place among contemporary American writers." -Washington Post Book World "The finest novel about baseball since Ring Lardner left the scene." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Amazon.com Review
Roy Hobbs, the protagonist of The Natural, makes the mistake of pronouncing aloud his dream: to be the best there ever was. Such hubris, of course, invites divine intervention, but the brilliance of Bernard Malamud's novel is the second chance it offers its hero, elevating him--and his story--into the realm of myth. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
"A brilliant and unusually fine novel." -The New York Times

"A preposterously readable story about life." -Time

"Malamud [holds a] high and honored place among contemporary American writers." -Washington Post Book World

"The finest novel about baseball since Ring Lardner left the scene." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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