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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10080327338X
ISBN-139780803273382
eBay Product ID (ePID)24038715407
Product Key Features
Edition2
Book TitleBang the Drum Slowly
Number of Pages244 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicGeneral, Literary
FeaturesNew Edition
GenreFiction
AuthorMark Harris
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.7 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN83-016922
Dewey Edition22
Reviews" Bang the Drum Slowly makes wonderful reading--whether one hates baseball or loves it. . . . It is awfully funny in parts, and laughter is rare enough on anybody's bookshelf." New York Times"What makes Bang the Drum Slowly unique . . . is author Harris's mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, and earthiness. . . . Harris has measured [the dimensions of his characters] with his heart as well as his eye and ear." Time, "Bang the Drum Slowlymakes wonderful reading-whether one hates baseball or loves it. . . . It is awfully funny in parts, and laughter is rare enough on anybody's bookshelf."-New York Times, " Bang the Drum Slowly makes wonderful reading--whether one hates baseball or loves it. . . . It is awfully funny in parts, and laughter is rare enough on anybody's bookshelf."-- New York Times "What makes Bang the Drum Slowly unique . . . is author Harris's mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, and earthiness. . . . Harris has measured [his characters] with his heart as well as his eye and ear."-- Time, " Bang the Drum Slowly makes wonderful reading-whether one hates baseball or loves it. . . . It is awfully funny in parts, and laughter is rare enough on anybody's bookshelf."- New York Times, "What makesBang the Drum Slowlyunique . . . is author Harris's mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, and earthiness. . . . Harris has measured [his characters] with his heart as well as his eye and ear."-Time, "Bang the Drum Slowly makes wonderful reading-whether one hates baseball or loves it. . . . It is awfully funny in parts, and laughter is rare enough on anybody's bookshelf." New York Times "What makes Bang the Drum Slowly unique . . . is author Harris's mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, and earthiness. . . . Harris has measured [the dimensions of his characters] with his heart as well as his eye and ear." Time, "Bang the Drum Slowlymakes wonderful reading-whether one hates baseball or loves it. . . . It is awfully funny in parts, and laughter is rare enough on anybody's bookshelf." New York Times "What makesBang the Drum Slowlyunique . . . is author Harris's mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, and earthiness. . . . Harris has measured [the dimensions of his characters] with his heart as well as his eye and ear." Time, "What makes Bang the Drum Slowly unique . . . is author Harris's mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, and earthiness. . . . Harris has measured [his characters] with his heart as well as his eye and ear."- Time, "What makes Bang the Drum Slowly unique . . . is author Harris's mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, and earthiness. . . . Harris has measured [his characters with his heart as well as his eye and ear."- Time
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisHenry Wiggen, hero of The Southpaw and the best-known fictional baseball player in America, is back again, throwing a baseball "with his arm and his brain and his memory and his bluff for the sake of his pocket and his family." More than a novel about baseball, Bang the Drum Slowly is about the friendship and the lives of a group of men as they each learn that a teammate is dying of cancer. Bang the Drum Slowly was chosen as one of the top one hundred sports books of all time by Sports Illustrated and appears on numerous other lists of best baseball fiction. In the introduction to this new Bison Books edition Mark Harris discusses the making of the classic 1973 film starring Robert DeNiro, based on his screen adaptation of the book. Also available in Bison Books editions are The Southpaw , It Looked Like For Ever., Henry Wiggen, the best-known fictional baseball player in America, is back again, throwing a baseball ""with his arm and his brain and his memory and his bluff for the sake of his pocket and his family."" More than a novel about baseball, Bang the Drum Slowly is about the friendship and the lives of a group of men as they each learn that a teammate is dying of cancer.
LC Classification NumberPS3515
