{"product_id":"for-love-of-the-game-9780345408921","title":"For Love of the Game","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Moving, beautiful . . . If Hemingway had written a baseball novel, he might have written \u003ci\u003eFor Love of the Game.\u003c\/i\u003e\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBilly Chapel is a baseball legend, after seventeen season a sure Hall of Famer. He is a man who has retained the endearing qualities of youth, a man who has devoted his life to the game he loves and plays so well. But, because of his unsurpassed skill and innocent faith, he has been betrayed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the final game of the season, and Billy's got one last chance to prove who he is and what he can do, a chance to prove what really matters in this life. A taut, compelling story of one man's coming of age, \u003ci\u003eFor Love of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e is Michael Shaara's final novel, the classic finish to a brilliantly distinguished literary career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFor Love of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A delightful and lyrical story about a great athlete's momentous last game . . . A fairy tale for adults about love and loneliness and finally growing up.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An endearing, timeless novel that can be enjoyed by both serious readers and baseball lovers for generations to come.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Orlando Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16152529\"\u003eMichael Shaara\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.10w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345408921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0345408926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC038000\"\u003eSports\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC021000\"\u003eMedia Tie-In\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Shaara\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Jersey City in 1929 and graduated from Rutgers University in 1951. His early science fiction short stories were published in \u003ci\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1952. He later began writing other works of fiction and published more than seventy short stories in many magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRedbook\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Place\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1968. But it was a simple family vacation to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1966 that gave him the inspiration for his greatest achievement, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Killer Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1974. Michael Shaara went on to write two more novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Noah Conspiracy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor Love of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published posthumously after his death in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48459088199917,"sku":"9780345408921","price":20.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_2e1d6928-c80c-400b-8297-032bc5a69389.jpg?v=1753628380","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/for-love-of-the-game-9780345408921","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}