Mechaniks [Paperback]

Andrew Bonazelli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 2008

From 1962 to 1966, Heath Hunter dominated baseball. The young southern hurler attacked hitters with a Hall of Fame arsenal and a headhunter's bloodlust. But after suffering a horrific freak accident, he was forced to leave the game prematurely, not even five full seasons into what could have been a legendary career. Nobody ever heard from him again. From 1962 to 1966, Flynn Marlowe bounced between the minors and majors, a pedestrian centerfield prospect who just couldn't put it all together. His inevitable path to obscurity never should have intersected with Heath's ascendancy. Sometimes, though, the wrong players cross signs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: McCarren Publishing (September 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977786331
• ISBN-13: 978-0977786336
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,626,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars America's pastime hallucinates..., October 17, 2008

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Anthony Szabo "fan of good books" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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A superb first effort. It will evoke often untapped emotions from die-hard baseball fans everywhere, and each gripping subplot will engage all readers from the apologetic outset to a most gratifying resolution.

5.0 out of 5 stars For real fans of sports, August 15, 2010

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Great book! I strongly disagree with the reviewer that calls it confusing. A fantastic story played out on the dark fringes of baseball.

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally ... a new novelist hits the scene ..., December 10, 2009

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Rhonda Baughman (Canton, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mechaniks (Paperback)

Thank god, it's not a book *just* about baseball: it's about life, about change, about all of those things we take for granted. It's good to know there is rising talent out there and I don't have to be subjected to the same voices day after year.