A quirky, wry, and often hilarious odyssey through the baseball fields of Latin America—both sports book and travelogue, political reportage and meditation on New World identity. With wit and style, John Krich evokes a world where barefoot kids perfect their swings with stalks of sugar cane, midget mascots dance the merengue atop dugouts, and wily scouts compete with dictators for the souls of promising shortstops. "El Beisbol sparkles with keen observation and irreverent humor."—Washington Post Book World
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Krich has the ability to dance, without betrayal, between myth and history, poetry and politics. (Richard Grossinger National Public Radio )
A book about truth and illusion...delightful...magic. (Bill Littlefield National Public Radio )
Who would believe that Krich could tell the story of our failed foreign policies in Latin America through baseball and make it funny? (Playboy )
El Beisbol sparkles with keen observations and irreverent humor. (Washington Post Book World )
A book of integrity and pleasure. (Tom Miller New York Times Book Review )
How the blood flows in John Krich's book! He uses baseball to illuminate politics, except when he uses politics to illuminate baseball. The two endeavors have a great deal in common...they invite passion, and they're marvelous spectator sports. (Daniel Okrent )
A book about truth and illusion...delightful...magic. (Bill Littlefield National Public Radio )
Who would believe that Krich could tell the story of our failed foreign policies in Latin America through baseball and make it funny? (Playboy )
El Beisbol sparkles with keen observations and irreverent humor. (Washington Post Book World )
A book of integrity and pleasure. (Tom Miller New York Times Book Review )
How the blood flows in John Krich's book! He uses baseball to illuminate politics, except when he uses politics to illuminate baseball. The two endeavors have a great deal in common...they invite passion, and they're marvelous spectator sports. (Daniel Okrent )
About the Author
John Krich was born in New York City and lived in San Francisco unti a recent move to Hong Kong, where he is a feature writer and food columnist for the Asian Wall Street Journal. His first novel, an imaginary autobiography of Fidel Castro, A Totally Free Man, shared the 1982 PEN/Ernest Hemingway Award. His other books include Music in Every Room, Why Is This Country Dancing?, Bump City, and Won Ton Lust.
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Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rican, Latin America, Vic Power, Dominican Republic, San Juan, San Pedro, Doña Vera, World Series, Roberto Clemente, North American, Sports City, New World, Luis Mayoral, New York, United States, Never Get This Close, Anything You Love, Captain Jay, Joaquin Andújar, Juan Marichal, Tony Peña, King Wallah, Little League Browse Sample Pages:
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