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Jan 28, 2012 the art of fielding seems to set out to destroy, singlehanded if need be, any idea that college sport is an overfunded and culturally narrow distraction from the real business of education. At westish college, a small school on the shore of lake michigan, baseball star henry skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. Find books like the art of fielding from the worlds largest community of readers. Harbachs characters live and breathe, yearn, ache, and in the end, make you love them for their flaws. In his junior year at wetish, skrimshander is on the verge of breaking the ncaa record for most consecutive errorless games by a shortstop. Hes good enough out on the field, but not quite good enough for the majors or the ivy league. Henrys skills as a ballplayer were honed during his childhood in south dakota. It seemed to be the big american novel of the year err, the next great american novel of 2012 sort of like freedom by jonathan franzen was back in 2010. Henry is recruited by mike schwartz to play shortstop for the westish harpooners because henry is the best shortstop ever.
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