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Fielder's Choice, by Rick Norman
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About the Author
Rick Norman Bio: Rick Norman is a business attorney practicing in Lake Charles, Louisiana. USA Today called Rick "a master storyteller" and Rick himself concedes he became an attorney so that he could be paid for exaggerating the truth. His debut novel, the August House release Fielder's Choice, received rave reviews. Amorak Huey wrote in Southern Living: "It has earned that spot on my bookshelf reserved for the most memorable baseball books, right next to the likes of Mark Harris' classic, Bang the Drum Slowly.†Fielders Choice is widely used in courses at colleges and high schools. For years Rick was a regular contributor to National Public Radio's (NPR) weekly sports show "Only a Game." His commentaries and skits can still be accessed on WBUR's webpage. Rick has also written several treatises on commercial law. Not content with writing, broadcasting or practicing law, Rick also paints and his paintings adorn many Louisiana law offices.
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Product details
Paperback: 196 pages
Publisher: August House (December 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0874832047
ISBN-13: 978-0874832044
Product Dimensions:
5.3 x 0.5 x 8.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.7 out of 5 stars
8 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#2,001,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
This book reads like a Mark Twain story as Jackson "thows" his famous gooseball from childhood through imprisonment in WWII. I laughed out loud on more than one occasion, and teared up some, too. This is a page-turner you won't want to end.
I originally bought this book when it was first published (I've since bought & gifted numerous copies) because I knew Rick Norman's law partner. Usually a book of this size I'd start/finish between getting home after work (dinner, dishes, Mom/son time) and going to bed. Not this one. This took processing time, and re-reading time. Also takes a box of tissues - either you'll be laughing so hard or touched so deeply, and sometimes both on the same page. A lot of the reviews are high school students but don't think it's written at an 8th grade level. This book deserves recognition as one of the most outstanding books ever written.
I read Fielder's Choice for the first time not long after it was published. Since then, I've reread it a dozen times, I think.This novel is written in first person, in the voice of Gooseball Fielder, whose promising major league career with the St. Louis Browns stumbles to a halt almost as soon as it gets started. Weeks later, the news of Pearl Harbor fills the US airwaves, and Fielder signs up, finding the anonymity afforded by an army uniform a welcome relief.Fielder tells his story to a US Army major in early 1946 after having been accused of aiding and abetting the enemy while being held as a prisoner of war in Japan. From these snippets, you might expect a dark novel, even brooding. Fielder's Choice is anything but.The name of Fielder's hometown in Arkansas--Smackover--is a clue in itself that this is a novel that will make you laugh. Fielder's narrative voice is reminiscent of Henry Wiggen's in Mark Harris's first novel, The Southpaw; it seems obvious to me that Rick Norman is well acquainted with Harris's work. But Fielder is more naïve than Wiggen, less worldly, and the story he relates bears this out.The humor in Fielder's Choice is nicely balanced by the hardships Fielder endures, both at home and in the prison camp. But the darkness the novel touches on is never overwrought, partly due to Norman's wisdom in using Fielder's own voice to tell the story. Fielder finds redemption long before the ending of the novel, though the Merkle-esque welcome he receives a quarter century after his fall from grace is a welcome touch at the end.Norman's first novel, Fielder's Choice deserves a place as one of the great works of baseball fiction.
I really enjoyed reading this novel to my 10 year old son (he could have read it himself but I just like to read him stories) that follows a young man's path through baseball, war and well just life. At times it is very funny and others sad but always well written. When I finished the book I actually googled the character's name because the book made him seem so real.
I purchased Fielder's Choice for my son and to reach the minimum dollar amount on my [Amazon.com] order to get free shipping. Just by chance, I picked it up for a quick browse and to my surprise, didn't put the book down until I finished reading it. This is basiclly a story about about a boy coming of age,growing into manhood, told through the background of baseball and war. Fielder's Choice is a warm hearted story full of both laughs and tears. The main character, Gooseball Fielder is the persona of Forrest Gump in baseball flannels discovering that life throws the hardest curves .Rick Norman is a great story teller. He constructed the book in such a fashion, that after finishing it, I needed to check baseball references to see if the story of Gooseball Fielder was true.
Norman's first novel shows his deftness with balancing both the humorous and serious sides of life. It is difficult to call this book a comedy, yet equally difficult to call it a drama, a trait that makes this book truly special. My 11th grade students loved it, and so did their teacher, proving it to be an enjoyable read for young and old alike.
This is one of my favorite books of all time. Rick Norman's use of comedy and tradegy really set this book apart from others. I would reccomend this book to anyone. I even wrote about it in my column in the local newspaper. I just wish there was a sequel. I think that if you read any book at all, this one will surpass it by far.
I don't understand.Did jax and Dixie get together in the end?I was rooting for it to happen the whole time.
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