With disarming intensity, humor, and great heart, Brian Shawver tells the story of Dennis Birch, a washed up thirty-four-year-old failed ball player turned minor league scout whose field of dreams has always been baseball.
No longer a candidate for baseball greatness himself―if he ever was―Dennis accepts the challenge of smuggling a hot left-handed pitcher out of Cuba in the hope that promoting the greatness of another will somehow confer a small, manageable portion of it on himself. A novel of last-ditch hopes, destiny’s curve balls, and quiet redemption, The Cuban Prospect projects a vision at once humorous, harrowing, and affirming."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition (1st printing). This is a New and Unread copy of the first edition (1st printing)l. Seller Inventory # 034225
Book Description Quarter Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition, First Printing. Woodstock, NY, Overlook, 2003. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over gold-colored boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 224 pp. With disarming intensity, humor and great heart, the author tells the story of Dennis Birch, a washed-up thirty-four year old baseball player turned minor league scout. At the request of his organization, he embarks on a quest to smuggle the hot left-handed pitcher out of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Birch is both narrator and a memorable character as he reveals the sordid and morally complex tale to fulfill his mission, at once humorous, harrowing and affirming. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # EM-B0022-09
Book Description Quarter Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition, First Printing. Woodstock, NY, Overlook, 2003. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over gold-colored boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, 224 pp. With disarming intensity, humor and great heart, the author tells the story of Dennis Birch, a washed-up thirty-four year old baseball player turned minor league scout. At the request of his organization, he embarks on a quest to smuggle the hot left-handed pitcher out of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Birch is both narrator and a memorable character as he reveals the sordid and morally complex tale to fulfill his mission, at once humorous, harrowing and affirming. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 019878
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