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Plimpton, George Paper Lion by Plimpton, George
Harper & Row, Publishers Fair
npd., c. 1966, grey cloth, 362pp., Fair-(heavy wear to head+heel of spine+edges+corners, X-Library, bds.warped, soiled, tears in cloth, hinge cracked)
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George Plimpton The CURIOUS CASE OF SIDD FINCH
New York MacMillan 1987 0025976508 / 9780025976504 First Printing Thus Hardcover Good
0025976508 0025976508 Good/Good c. 1987, (a signed first edition of this book was privately printed by The Franklin Library), blue bds. w/d.j., 275pp., (lt.wear to head+heel of spine+edges+corners lightly bumped, lt.discoloration along edges of bds., text clean, d.j.: very lt.edge wear, lt.discolored, lt.rubbing) rom Publishers Weekly The ubiquitous Plimpton strikes again, with a first novel; and it's tempting, and not really unfair, to say that he's almost as much out of his depth in full-length fiction as in those memorable moments in the ring or on the football field. He goes back to a jokey Sports Illustrated article he once did about the world's fastest pitcher, an English-born Buddhist monk called Sidd Finch, who learned his speed and accuracy hurling rocks at marauding snow leopards in the Himalayas. Plimpton fits him out with an eccentric British past, a gorgeous but kookie Southern girl friend and a tentative contract with the Mets. But despite a relaxedsometimes much too relaxednarrative style, and a lot of pleasant rambling about horn-playing, wrist musculature and the future of baseball, the book just doesn't go anywhere. It's as if Plimpton threw in everything he could think of to pad it out to novel length, and some of the paddingincluding a totally inept episode about a Mafia gamblershould have been cut early on. Baseball fans will enjoy parts of this, but even they will feel cheated that there's no real climax. The book, like Finch, just ambles off the field. Literary Guild Alternate. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. From School Library Journal YA Sports fans who liked reading about Plimpton's adventures as an am ateur participant in professional base ball, football, hockey, and boxing will enjoy his first venture into the world of fiction. Sidd(hartha) Finch pitches a baseball 50 mph faster than anyone really can. Like Plimpton, Sidd is not a professional athlete, but unlike his cre ator, he is a British-born Buddhist monk whose ability to throw the ball derives from his religious training in Ti bet. He is a quiet, contemplative fel low, and when he is recruited by the Mets, he does not even know the rules of the game. The reaction of the world of profesional baseball is hilarious, as incredulity and amazement give way to serious suggestions about radical alter ation in the rules of the game. Gentle Sidd couldn't care less about fame and fortune, but high adventure and even romance, in the person of the gorgeous Debbie Sue, seem to pursue him. This imaginative and humorous story will entertain all knowledgeable baseball fans. Rita G. Keeler, St. John's School, Houston
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