Magic Time - Hardcover

Kinsella, W. P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385257384 ISBN 13: 9780385257381

Publisher: Doubleday, 1998

Synopsis

Mike Houle was a college all-star second baseman in his junior year, who turned down a fourth-round draft by the Montreal Expos because he wanted to finish his business degree. But in his final year at college, his average fell from .331 to .270, his stolen bases went from forty-five to nineteen, and he was caught stealing nine times. His chances of being drafted dried up.

So when Mike's agent calls with an offer to play in the Cornbelt League in Iowa, he can't really refuse--even though he'll get a pitiful salary, have to work a day job, and room with a local family. Mike can even handle the isolation of living in Grand Mound once he learns that he's a cinch to start at second base.

In fact, everything's going Mike's way until he begins to suspect that baseball isn't the only "game" being played in Grand Mound. He's had a habit of choking under pressure in a tight game. When tension mounts in his new home town, Mike has to deal with his past, the present, and his future as well.

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About the Author

W.P. (Bill) Kinsella is the author of some 24 books and more than 200 stories. He is best known for his baseball fiction: The Thrill of the Grass; Go the Distance; The Iowa Baseball Confederacy; The Dixon Cornbelt League; Box Socials; and Shoeless Joe, his multi-award-winning novel that became the classic movie Field of Dreams, nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Kinsella's other books include Dance Me Outside (also made into a feature film); Scars; Born Indian; The Moccasin Telegraph; The Fencepost Chronicles; The Miss Hobbema Pageant; and Red Wolf, Red Wolf, from which the story "Lieberman in Love" was adapted for the screen and went  on to win an Academy Award for Best Short Feature. His most

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as a college all-star second baseman in his junior year, who turned down a fourth-round draft by the Montreal Expos because he wanted to finish his business degree. But in his final year at college, his average fell from .331 to .270, his stolen bases went from forty-five to nineteen, and he was caught stealing nine times. His chances of being drafted dried up.

So when Mike's agent calls with an offer to play in the Cornbelt League in Iowa, he can't really refuse--even though he'll get a pitiful salary, have to work a day job, and room with a local family. Mike can even handle the isolation of living in Grand Mound once he learns that he's a cinch to start at second base.

In fact, everything's going Mike's way until he begins to suspect that baseball isn't the only "game" being played in Grand Mound. He's had a habit of choking under pressure in a tight game. When tension mounts in his new home town, Mike has to deal with his past, the present, and his future as we

Edition details

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385257384
• ISBN 13: 9780385257381
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 230