In 2012 David Nicholls tagged five favorite coming-of-age stories at the Telegraph. One title on the list:I’ve never willingly watched a team sport, but I loved Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding (2011), about a flawed but gifted shortstop – whatever that is – in a college baseball team. Only ostensibly about baseball, it’s a wonderfully funny, sad campus novel that’s enjoyable even for readers who, like me, can’t quite catch a ball.Read about another entry on the list.
The Art of Fielding is among Jean Hanff Korelitz's top ten campus novels.
--Marshal Zeringue
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