Last Days of Summer - A Novel

Informationen zum Autor Steve Kluger has written extensively on subjects as far-ranging as World War II, rock 'n' roll, and the Titanic , and as close to the heart as baseball and the Boston Red Sox. He lives in Santa Monica, California. Klappentext Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third baseman for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again, this strange, needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs. Zusammenfassung A contemporary American classic — a poignant and hilarious tale of baseball, hero worship, eccentric behavior, and unlikely friendship Last Days of Summer is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again, this strange, needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Kluger, Kluger Steve
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.2008
• EAN: 9780061564819
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156481-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Relating to early adulthood, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Plays, Playscripts, Epistolary fiction, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Coming of Age, LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, LITERATURE: HISTORICAL, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Romance / Sports *, FICTION: Sports, FICTION: Epistolary *, FICTION: World Literature / American / General, Modern and Contemporary romance, Classic fiction: general and literary, Literature / General Fiction, Literature / Historical