Art of Fielding

<p>A wonderful, warm novel from a major American voice.</p> <p>‘It's left a little hole in my life the way a really good book will’ Jonathan Franzen</p> <p>A small American college. Five very different lives. One terrible mistake.</p> <p>At Westish College, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for the big league until a routine throw goes disastrously off course. His error will upend the fates of five people. Henry's burgeoning self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight falls unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight returns to Westish, determined to start a new life.</p> <p>As the season counts down to its climactic final game, all five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties, and secrets.</p> <p>‘The best debut novel I’ve read this year – assured, funny, poignant and deeply satisfying’ Evening Standard</p>