For Love of the Game
- ISBN-10
- 0881848131
- ISBN-13
- 9780881848137
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992-05-01
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Author
- Michael Shaara
Description
The first paperback edition of a novel that has already been hailed as a classic. For Love of the Game tells of one day in the life of Billy Chapel, a great pitcher at the end of his career. It is only now, at age 37, that the moment comes when this lonely hero must face his final rite of passage.
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