Double Play - on Playaway Author:Robert B. Parker Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. An all-in-one format, the player and content are combined in one 2 ounce unit and it comes with everything you need to start listening immediately. No separate player needed, no CDs, no downloads just press play! — """This is a work of fiction about a real man. Most of what I've written ... more »I made up. I have, however, attempted to render Jackie Robinson accurately. As he was, or as I imagined him to be, in 1947, when I was turning 15 and he was changing the world. The rest is altogether fiction. It may be more Burke's story than Jackie's. But, without Jackie, Burke would have had no story. And neither would I."" -- Robert B. Parker
In this new work from bestselling author Robert B. Parker, Joseph Burke -- ex-marine, ex-husband, ex-somebody -- is hired as a bodyguard to protect Lauren Roach, twenty-five and spoiled rotten. The unlikely duo become entangled with Burke's boyhood hero, color barrier-breaking baseball player Jackie Robinson, in a story that is both thrilling and engaging. It is in the historical character of Jackie Robinson that Mr. Parker finds his inspiration, and Joseph Burke may find his redemption.
Robert B. Parker, known as the dean of American crime fiction, has written over forty books including the highly acclaimed Poodle Springs, Paper Doll, Sudden Mischief, Shrink Rap, Death in Paradise, and Bad Business.
Robert Forster made his Broadway debut in Mrs. Dally Has a Lover and went on to perform in A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie. In addition to starring in three television series, Forster received an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown."« less