Welcome to the Show: A Mickey Tussler Novel, Book 3 (3) (Mickey Tussler Series) - Softcover

Nappi, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1634508297 ISBN 13: 9781634508292

Publisher: Sky Pony, 2016

Synopsis

It’s 1950 and Mickey Tussler the now-famous pitching prodigy with autism and a golden arm is back for another baseball season in this third installment of Frank Nappi’s critically acclaimed Legend of Mickey Tussler series. Talk of Mickey’s legendary exploits on the field has grown since his improbable debut two years prior, as have the fortunes of Murph and the rest of the lovable ragtag Brew Crew. Now Mickey, Murph, and Lester find themselves heading to Bean Town to play for the Boston Braves.

The call up is sweet, for all of them have overcome insurmountable odds to get where they are. But life in the major leagues is filled with fast-paced action both on and off the field. The bright lights of Boston hold a new series of challenges, hardships, and life lessons especially for Mickey, who finds himself a long way from throwing apples into a barrel back on the farm. The three newest Braves have each other to lean on, as well as a new group of fans who are swept away by pennant fever, but balancing everything this new world has to offer may prove to be the greatest challenge of all.

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About this title

About the Author:

Frank Nappi has taught high school English and creative writing for over twenty-five years. His debut novel,Echoes from the Infantry, received national attention, including MWSA’s silver medal for outstanding fiction.Welcome to the Show! is the third book in his critically acclaimed Legend of Mickey Tussler series. Frank lives on Long Island with his wife and their two sons.

Review:

"Welcome to the Show is an action-packed, heartwarming story that completes the most captivating baseball trilogy ever written. Frank Nappi writes the way Miguel Cabrera hits - brilliantly, powerfully, effortlessly. Readers will stand and applaud as Mickey Tussler's journey reaches new heights." Bill Madden, New York Daily News

"A marvelous blending of baseball history and first-rate fiction.The perefct conclusion to an outstanding baseball saga." Howie Rose, sportscaster for the New York Mets

"A masterful final chapter in the incredible life of a most compelling baseball legend. The Legend of Miceky Tussler series is a baseball trilogy destined to become the definitive work in the genre." David Satriano, New York Post

"Frank Nappi's Legend of Miceky Tussler series reminds us why sports, above all else, remain the great unifier, the great teacher, and why baseball remains our beloved national pastime. Mickey's journey not only call on our common ground as people, but of the need to respect, appreciate, and understand those things that make us inherently individual and unique." John Valenti, Newsday

"Bernard Malamud has the character Roy Hobbs, and Frank Nappi has the intriguing character Mickey Tussler...this is not a conventional baseball story but one that lays out unique challenges and plot twists that differ from any series of baseball books that have come before." Bruce Markusen, National Baseball hall of Fame and Museum

"Wonderfully written baseball series with an accurate depiction of life in the minor leagues. Frank Nappi weaves throughout these stories the age old human condition of prejudice and narrow mindedness, things we all are still working on in the present..." Craig Swan, former New York Mets pitcher

"Nappi hits another one out of the park." Betty Dravis, author of Star Struck

"Frank Nappi's attention to detail and his honest appraisal of the times pulls no punches, so readers anticipating a light or breezy coverage of autism and social issues of the 1950s will find plenty of passages more detailed than might be anticipated from a casual baseball saga.   The protagonists in Welcome to the Show clearly reveal their thoughts, hopes, and worries ("Molly worried what people were saying, what they were thinking, and how they would treat her special boy. She also worried each time either Mickey or Arthur shared with her another incident that, in her opinion, placed her boy in peril."). Some are specific to Mickey's condition and others are more general expressions, but all psychological revelations hold food for thought and a depth unexpected for a 'baseball story': another reason why Welcome to the Show is notable when compared to other books about either autism or sports....(excerpt of the review)"   D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review   "Because of Frank Nappi's Mickey Tussler series, I care about baseball, its language, its history and its players...Mickey is as wholesome and authentic as ever, which accounts for his success, especially in frantic win-or-lose moments...it is rewarding reading experience...Don't worry if you haven't read the first two books...Frank Nappi is an expert at catching his readers up very quickly."   C. Kuntz, President & Editor, The Rockford Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Sky Pony
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1634508297
• ISBN 13: 9781634508292
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288