A review by ben_miller
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game by William Kennedy

5.0

As the pages went by I kept thinking this is a book that Scott Fitzgerald might have written if he'd grown up on the dole in upstate New York instead of traipsing around Princeton in his matched sweaters and scarves (just having a little fun, Francis). Anyway, great book. Highbrow, lowbrow, middle-brow. Example: "Screwing your wife is like striking out the pitcher." It's not funny ha-ha, but the more you think about it the better it is.

Also notable for containing the phrase "no country for old men." I guess McCarthy is a fan.