{"product_id":"bang-the-drum-slowly-paperback","title":"Bang the Drum Slowly - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Wiggen, hero of \u003ci\u003eThe Southpaw\u003c\/i\u003e and the best-known fictional baseball player in America, is back again, throwing a baseball \"with his arm and his brain and his memory and his bluff for the sake of his pocket and his family.\" More than a novel about baseball, \u003ci\u003eBang the Drum Slowly\u003c\/i\u003e is about the friendship and the lives of a group of men as they each learn that a teammate is dying of cancer.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBang the Drum Slowly\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen as one of the top one hundred sports books of all time by \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and appears on numerous other lists of best baseball fiction. In the introduction to this new Bison Books edition Mark Harris discusses the making of the classic 1973 film starring Robert DeNiro, based on his screen adaptation of the book. Also available in Bison Books editions are \u003ci\u003eThe Southpaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt Looked Like For Ever.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Harris (1922-2007) is the author of a famous quartet of baseball novels--including \u003ci\u003eIt Looked Like Forever\u003c\/i\u003e--as well as \u003ci\u003eSomething about a Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpeed\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Talemaker\u003c\/i\u003e. All are available as Bison Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 243\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.01 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451552448690,"sku":"9780803273382","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ed2a932a214d010ccd06ecab3bf62764.webp?v=1778797173","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/bang-the-drum-slowly-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}