| 词条 | Home Game (novel) |
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| name = Home Game | title_orig = | translator = | image = | caption = | author = Paul Quarrington | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = Canada | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Novel | publisher = Doubleday Canada | pub_date = 1983 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback) | pages = 309 pp | isbn = | dewey= | congress= | oclc= | preceded_by = The Service | followed_by = The Life of Hope }}Home Game is a novel by Paul Quarrington, published in 1983 by Doubleday Canada.[1] The novel's central character is Nathaniel Isbister, a former professional baseball player turned drifter.[2] Coming across a town dominated primarily by a religious cult called the House of Jonah,[3] he is ultimately called upon to lead the town's only other residents, a ragtag band of circus freaks, in a high-stakes baseball game to determine which of the two groups will be forced to pack up and leave town.[3] The novel was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Award in 1984.[4] Following Quarrington's successes with his later novels King Leary and Whale Music, the novel was republished in paperback by Vintage Canada in 1996.[2] References1. ^"Quarrington, Paul. Home Game // Review". Winnipeg Free Press, April 16, 1983. 2. ^1 "A Season for Reading: A bumper crop of releases offers different genres that are sure to please many readers". Windsor Star, July 20, 1996. 3. ^1 "'This ain't sports, it's a book review ...or something'". The Globe and Mail, June 13, 1983. 4. ^"Six finalists for Leacock Medal". The Globe and Mail, April 13, 1984. 3 : 1983 Canadian novels|Novels by Paul Quarrington|Baseball novels |
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