The Great American Novel

A richly imagined novel centered on the only homeless major league baseball team in American history, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Pastoral.

"Roth invents baseball anew, as pure slapstick.... An awesome performance." —The New Republic • "Shameless comic extravagance."—The New York Times

Gil Gamesh, the only pitcher who ever literally tried to kill the umpire. The ex-con first baseman, John Baal, "The Babe Ruth of the Big House," who never hit a home run sober. If you've ...