Translator: Leonardo Taiuti
Publisher: 66thand2nd
Necklace: He waited
Edition year: 2021
On the market since: June 15, 2021
Pages: 288 p., Paperback
EAN: 9788832971798
Jason Goodyear is the star of the Los Angeles Lions, a preseason retreat baseball team in the scorching Arizona desert. Handsome, famous, talented, Goodyear is the best left winger since Ted Williams, but now he is in the midst of a deep crisis. It is said that she is on the verge of divorce. But what is the worm that devours it? Does it have something to do with a passion for gambling, with the casino next to the new Scottsdale stadium? Coaches, fans, teammates, wives and girlfriends of players, as well as a couple of loan sharks ask for it.
An old sports reporter who wants to tell his story, which is intertwined with that of Michael Taylor, a hitting coach clinging with his teeth to his work; Tamara Rowland, a resourceful woman seeking one last conquest; Herb Allison, legendary sports agent on sunset boulevard; and a plethora of other characters, committed to carving out a place in the sun in view of the new, upcoming season.
Backed by the brilliant style of Emily Nemens, a careful knowledge of the mechanics of the game and a multiplicity of narrative points of view, Cactus League is a compelling story of obsessions and competitive spirit, a portrait of America through a journey into the microcosm – a sometimes brutal, ruthless, but always romantic and exhilarating – of professional baseball.
