| Double Play: A Thriller Contributor(s): Parker, Robert B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0425199630 ISBN-13: 9780425199633 Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: This "home run thriller" ("New York Daily News") by the bestselling creator of the Spenser novels tells the story of when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947, as seen through the eyes of a difficult, brooding, wounded man hired to guard Robinson. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense - Fiction | Sports |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 4.16" W x 6.8" (0.33 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Parker pretty much defies category altogether in this deeply felt and intimately told memory tale, which takes place during the historic baseball season of 1947...Fusing this chapter of sports history with a hard-boiled gangster plot and haunting recollections of his own Boston boyhood, Parker fashions a hugely entertaining fiction."--The New York Times 1947: Jackie Robinson breaks major-league baseball's color barrier--and changes the world. The event also changes the life of Joseph Burke, veteran of World War II and Robinson's bodyguard--because under the media spotlight, hard truths are easier than ever to see, and harder to escape. And some can prove fatal. |