The Art of Fielding

By Chad Harbach

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Chad Harbach's 2011 debut novel is set at Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, where shortstop Henry Skrimshander seems headed for the major leagues. Then a routine throw goes disastrously off course, and its fallout reaches five people, among them Henry, his friend and team captain Mike Schwartz, and college president Guert Affenlight. Over one baseball season, the novel follows ambition, friendship and love on and off the field.

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• John Green: “I recommend The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, or Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, gah, that book is good.”
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