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The Natural Author: Biting, witty, provocative, and sardonic, Bernard Malamud's The Natural is widely considered to be the premier baseball novel of all time. It tells the story of Roy Hobbs--an athlete born with rare and wondrous gifts--who is robbed of his prime playing years by a youthful indiscretion that nearly consists him his life. But at an age when ... more »
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Batter up! This is a “no-brainer” read; little wonder that it was made into a movie. Roy Hobbs is a “hayseed” with all the power of a steroid wonder. His team, the Knights, would seem to be the progenitor of the Cleveland Indians in the movie “Major League,” while Roy is the progeny of “Casey at the Bat.” It has all the ennui and hype of modern baseball. Too bad that this wasn’t on the required reading list for Pete Rose.
Liked the movie so much better, which is not usually the case for me.
This is supposed to be a classic novel. I just couldn't get into it. Probably because I have the edition w/movie stills plastered all over it and that really turned me off to the book.
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- Literature & Fiction >> Authors, A-Z >> ( M ) >> Malamud, Bernard