The Cactus League (Compact Disc)

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The Cactus League By Emily Nemens, Vivienne Leheny (Read by), Malcolm Hillgartner (Read by) Cover Image
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Nemens is equally skilled at conjuring the spirit of baseball as she is her cast of characters, all of whose lives pivot around star player Jason Goodyear's troubled spring training campaign. A lively, warm, and probing novel, The Cactus League is a boon for those of who love baseball and well-crafted literary fiction.

— Michael

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One of The Wall Street Journal's 10 New Books You Should Be Picking Up First In 2020 and one of The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2020

An explosive, character-driven odyssey through the world of baseball from Emily Nemens, the editor of The Paris Review

Jason Goodyear is the star outfielder for the Los Angeles Lions, stationed with the rest of his team in the punishingly hot Arizona desert for their annual spring training. Handsome, famous, and talented, Goodyear is nonetheless coming apart at the seams. And the coaches, writers, wives, girlfriends, petty criminals, and diehard fans following his every move are eager to find out why--as they hide secrets of their own.

Humming with the energy of a ballpark before the first pitch, Emily Nemens' The Cactus League unravels the tightly connected web of people behind a seemingly linear game. Narrated by a sportscaster, Goodyear's story is interspersed with tales of Michael Taylor, a batting coach trying to stay relevant; Tamara Rowland, a resourceful spring-training paramour, looking for one last catch; Herb Allison, a legendary sports agent grappling with his decline; and a plethora of other richly drawn characters, all striving to be seen as the season approaches. It's a journey that, like the Arizona desert, brims with both possibility and destruction.

Anchored by an expert knowledge of baseball's inner workings, Emily Nemens's The Cactus League is a propulsive and deeply human debut that captures a strange desert world that is both exciting and unforgiving, where the most crucial games are the ones played off the field.

Product Details
ISBN: 9781799726630
ISBN-10: 1799726630
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Publication Date: February 4th, 2020
Language: English