Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J. Henry Waugh, Prop.

"Baseball and theology might seem to make strange bedfellows. But, like a medieval schoolman who could make theology out of just about anything, Coover has spliced the two together and produced a species of baseball scripture....It would be a pity if the baseball buffs were put off by the mythology, or the mythology rooters dismayed by the baseball. Coover has in fact written a fine baseball novel, the best I can remember in an admittedly thin field, and based obviously on a study of the texts. His atmosphere is turn-of-the-century early Lardner....The language is just right--colorful but not fancy....Not to read it because you don't like baseball is like not reading Balzac because you don't like boarding houses."Coover, Robert is the author of 'Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J. Henry Waugh, Prop.', published 1971 under ISBN 9780452260306 and ISBN 0452260302.