I am late to the party on this one, but if you’re looking for a “Get out of the business” great novel….
….crack open THE ART OF FIELDING by Chad Harbach. I finally started this monster and it is as phenomenal as the people who call stuff phenomenal as frequently as they go to the crapper say it is. Crazy good. If Bernard Malamud and John Irving had a kid, it would be this guy. Completely accessible prose and wonderful rhythm. And this is me after only 150 pages. He doesn’t need any help selling this book, but on this blog, we fight evil and promote goodness wherever we see it. Whew. Stop the clock.

