Day: August 6, 2010

Unrealized expectations – when the novel flops

“This schizophrenic second novel…veers from sluggish philosophizing and ponderous verbosity to snappy repartee and crisp narrative.” This is the beginning of a “Publishers Weekly” review for a 1992 novel called SEASON’S END. The review does not get any better as it goes on. SEASON’S END, a tale of minor league baseball and the American dream, […]