by Chad Harbach
Pub Date :2011-9-1 Pages: 512 Publisher:. Hachette At Westish College.
A small school on the shore of Lake Michigan. baseball star Henry Skrim shander seems destined for big league stardom But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course. the fates of five people are upended. Henrys fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future.College president Guert Affenlight. a longtime bachelor. has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne. Henrys gay roommate and teammate. becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz. the Harpooners team captain and Henrys bestfriend. realizes he has guided Henrys career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight. Guerts daughter. returns to Westishafter escaping an ill-fated marriage. determined to start a new life. As the season counts down to its climactic final game. these five are forced...