Synopsis
‘American literature’s philosopher king – and its sharpest satirist’ – The New Yorker
Craig Suder, third baseman for the Seattle Mariners, is in a slump. His batting average is shocking, his marriage somehow worse, and he secretly fears he’s inherited his mother’s insanity. Ordered to take a midseason rest, Suder instead takes his LP of Charlie Parker’s “Ornithology” and flees.
A dazzling...
Details
27 March 2025208 pages
9781035077267Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A mad work of comic genius, combining symbols and myths from ancients and moderns, white culture and black, juxtaposing heartbreaks with farce to make up a narrative that has never, never been told beforeThe Los Angeles Times Book Review
[A] marvellous first novelThe New York Times Book Review
Very funny – sometimes excruciatingly soPublishers Weekly
Who could meld baseball and jazz with the most wistful male myth of all – the Icarus myth –remembering that Daedalus really did do it: He flewThe Los Angeles Times Book Review
