“The baseball stories may magically touch on tragic figures Once very popular Kinsella, now 79, and one hopes it attracts new readers as “This book’s publication should bring readers back to the Kirkus Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Read for March Himself, can become a bit repetitive when the collection is read straight through,Įach of these works, whether fantastic or realistic, is individually a small Though his first-person narrators, mostly men much like Use baseball to escape from their unhappy lives. “K Mart” is the touching tale of three boys who “The Grecian Urn” concerns a couple who can inhabit the interior Stories are several more realistic and mostly gentle satires, such as “Theįog,” that present the escapades of several indefatigable members of Canada’s First Recently dead Yankees star Thurman Munson, and “Searching for January,” whichĬoncerns an encounter with the deceased Roberto Clemente. Tied the Record,” in which a fan agrees to sacrifice himself to bring back the Other charming baseball fantasies include “The Night Manny Mota Joe) is beautifully represented by these 31 short stories, including, ofĬourse, “Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa,” the haunting tale of a baseballįan’s obsession with a long-dead star that was developed into a bestsellingĭreams. The career of the incomparable Kinsella ( Shoeless
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