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 | | As long as Hank has been a ballplayer, he has never had to ask himself who else he is. But at 40, on the farthest margins of professional baseball, with declining skills, he realizes he has nothing else--no wife, no life outside his day job, the playing field, and the bar he frequents. |
 | | He has a foot in both social worlds, as both caddy and member's son at Fox Chase Country Club, where, though only 12, he wins tournaments easily, with a natural swing members admiringly call "pure." His friends are fellow caddies, from the bottom of the social scale, who are used and casually abused. |
 | | The way the story is told is unusual--several characters reveal plots and subplots in extended monologues, while at the same time providing a wealth of information about the life of a professional athlete. |
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