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Liked It “If you love fairy tales, baseball, and Iowa, you'll love this book. A hundred years ago the Chicago Cubs came to Iowa City to play the Iowa Baseball Confederacy, and the game went on until a miracle happened. Or is the very game itself a miracle, lost in the cracks of time? Gideon Clark comes...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “I love baseball and really thought I was going to enjoy this books as much as "Field of Dreams". I didn't. It just wasn't my cup of tea. Can't recommend.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“If you love fairy tales, baseball, and Iowa, you'll love this book. A hundred years ago the Chicago Cubs came to Iowa City to play the Iowa Baseball Confederacy, and the game went on until a miracle happened. Or is the very game itself a miracle, lost in the cracks of time? Gideon Clark comes to our rescue!”
Jay R wrote this review Sunday, April 25, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Terrific baseball story”
Cycling Librarian wrote this review Thursday, April 15, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“As always for Kinsella, part baseball, part farce, and a lot of fun.”
Dave M wrote this review Thursday, October 15, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a weird, surreal book. A mythical baseball game that takes months to finish, I don't even remember the specifics, but I do remember some great baseball scenes and being amazed that he took such a crazy topic and pulled it off. If you like baseball you'll probably like this book.”
Bryan G wrote this review Monday, October 5, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wonderful magical story of early baseball, love, loss, and dreams. The story of a baseball game that didn't exist. Or did it? Kinsella weaves this tale masterfully through time and pulls characters together from past and present. I really enjoyed the book and the use of Baseball as a metaphor of a simpler time. The ending leaves you thinking.”
A. Taylor wrote this review Tuesday, June 30, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Gideon Clarke is a man on a quest. He is out to prove to the world, as his father tried before him, that the world-champion Chicago Cubs travelled to Onamato Ohio in the summer of 1908 for an exibition game against the allstars from the Iowa Baseball Confederacy - an amature league. The game which was to be a short and one-sided, turned into a titantic battle of over 2000 innings, played mostly in the pouring rain. This game is not is the record books and no one remembers the Baseball Confederacy, but Gideon knows it happened and is determined to set the record straight. Gideons'' life if further complicated by the comings and goings of his wife, who often heads for the interstate, bag in hand, to hitch to God knows where, leaving Gideon to his lonely baseball obssession. On one such lonely evening Gideon and his best friend Stn, an aging bush-league outfielder follow and old train roadbed called the Baseball Spur, to a rendezvous with time and destiny. Gideon finds his titantic games, sees Tinker, Evers, Chance and 3-Fingers Brown take on the BBC. He also falls in love with Sarah, an affectionate farm-girl who offers him the faithful love Sunny has never given. Stan finds happiness playing with the BBC and wants to stay too, though it would mean leaving his faithful wife, Gloria, behind in the present. Then Gideon meets "Drifting Away" a bitter, vengeful indian who holds everyones' fate in his hands. As Gideon and Stand wrestle with the decision to stay or go, the game slogs on and on heading for an apocalyptic conslusion.”
Wendy wrote this review Wednesday, May 6, 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I love baseball and really thought I was going to enjoy this books as much as "Field of Dreams". I didn't. It just wasn't my cup of tea. Can't recommend.”
Tricia wrote this review Saturday, June 14, 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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