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The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story
by Peter Lefcourt
Fantastic book! It's very much a book about baseball, and the life of a professional baseball player - Randy Dreyfus, the league's preemptive MVP shortstop, just happens to be falling in love with his second baseman, D. J. Pickett.
Dreyfus is a great character - completely hysterical, while sympathetic and relatable. He kept trying to explain to his shrink how he was feeling using only baseball terminology, which won me over very quickly - he even dubbed himself a "lefty", wondering if he'll be easily recognized by other lefties.
Gay baseball players in love! Some truly hysterical inner monologues! The author seemingly predicting the 1994 baseball strike in 1992, when the book was published! A running gag with the name of a shopping mall! Neiman Marcus dressing rooms and the security guards who watch them! World Series games! The following exchange: "We got a couple of lost ballplayers." "Ballplayers, Mr. President?" "Affirmative, Norm. They're in a rowboat with a Dalmation. Find 'em." Much discussion over the significance of those copper plaques on a wall in Cooperstown!
Overall, funny and very clever, with a nice, subtle hint of satire.
Dreyfus is a great character - completely hysterical, while sympathetic and relatable. He kept trying to explain to his shrink how he was feeling using only baseball terminology, which won me over very quickly - he even dubbed himself a "lefty", wondering if he'll be easily recognized by other lefties.
Gay baseball players in love! Some truly hysterical inner monologues! The author seemingly predicting the 1994 baseball strike in 1992, when the book was published! A running gag with the name of a shopping mall! Neiman Marcus dressing rooms and the security guards who watch them! World Series games! The following exchange: "We got a couple of lost ballplayers." "Ballplayers, Mr. President?" "Affirmative, Norm. They're in a rowboat with a Dalmation. Find 'em." Much discussion over the significance of those copper plaques on a wall in Cooperstown!
Overall, funny and very clever, with a nice, subtle hint of satire.