The Art of Fielding

June's Book: <em>The Art of Fielding,</em> by Chad Harbach

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 7, 2012

Chad Harbach’s novel The Art of Fielding is the next pick for the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club! It was named one of 2011’s best books by the New York Times and The New Yorker.  Set at a midwestern college where a star shortstop has transformed the school’s baseball team, it follows five characters grappling with the consequences of one wild throw.

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