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The Entitled: A Tale of Modern Baseball by Frank Deford
2.0
I wish Frank Deford hadn't written this book.
I love baseball and I love baseball novels. I loved the baseball parts of this novel.
But what the hell was he thinking? Let me summarize the plot for you: A hot young star ("the next Babe Ruth") is accused of rape. His manager witnesses part of the (alleged) assault. The manager initially covers for him, then has a crisis of conscience and decides to go to the police with what he knows. The manager's daughter, who is herself a survivor of rape, offers the superstar/accused rapist a quid pro quo: if he'll make sure that her father will keep his job, she will convince him not to go the police.
What. The. Eff.
I love baseball and I love baseball novels. I loved the baseball parts of this novel.
But what the hell was he thinking? Let me summarize the plot for you: A hot young star ("the next Babe Ruth") is accused of rape. His manager witnesses part of the (alleged) assault. The manager initially covers for him, then has a crisis of conscience and decides to go to the police with what he knows. The manager's daughter, who is herself a survivor of rape, offers the superstar/accused rapist a quid pro quo: if he'll make sure that her father will keep his job, she will convince him not to go the police.
What. The. Eff.