Book description
Wondering whether Nabokov might have left any unpublished manuscripts behind and if so, did they have baseball themes? If anyone reading this knows the answer, please check the files to see if there's a manuscript for a novel named Chance. . . . It's a very good one, full of…
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1 author picked Chance as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The bestest novel I have ever read! The first-person narrative and humor just blew me away and helped me develop my own writer's voice. I was drawn in by the first few lines, and my interest never let up. First page: “Okay, here’s the deal. This is a book about a baseball player. Do you care? If you don’t care, read it anyway. There’s some other stuff in it, too.”
The narrator identifies himself as an “old weird guy poet” and remains nameless. How can you not like that, and him? There are excellent major twists. This is an obscure…
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