Curveball

De: Eric Goodman

Narrado por: Adam Barr

A star rookie pitcher is making a statement in his first major league season—but will the secret he's been keeping derail everything he's been working toward?

Jess Singer, pitching prodigy and son of the infamous Jewish Joe Singer—who starred on the mound for the same MLB team twenty-five years earlier—is blessed with a plus-plus curveball, possesses immense athletic abilities, and is on the fast-track to stardom. But he's harboring perhaps the most potent secret a professional athlete can possess: his sexual preference.

In this briskly paced, highly entertaining novel following three generations of Singers during Jess's first year in The Show, Eric Goodman imagines what life might be like for a gay baseball player. Will Jess live in a confined closet or do what no baseball player has done yet? Goodman charts Jess's path with tremendous sensitivity and grace, while detailing a season as riveting as watching your favorite underdog take their shot at the golden ring.

Written with Goodman's usual flair, humor, and zing-not to mention his deep knowledge and love of baseball—Curveball is a feel-good love story in which virtue and a wicked curve triumph over considerable adversity.

©2024 Eric Goodman (P)2024 Tantor

Fantastic ...But

Overall this is a terrific story. The only really odd thing about it is that the author talks about str8 sex differently than gay sex. This isn't a sex book but it's just kinda strange. But the story is fantastic. The details are so well done.

The intimacy of the str8 characters is in vivid details. Yet when he has the opportunity to talk about it from the gay perspective it’s just glossed over. And that’s the only area of the book i can argue with. When you really want more details about the main character and his struggles and his finding love, it’s as if you’re disappointed because you don’t get more heart and soul of the him as a gay guy. I don’t want to give what happens away but when you’re done reading it, you’re going to be like, why didn’t we get more intimacy about Jess and how he struggles to find the love of his life.

This would make a fantastic movie as well.

God do I want a sequel!