F***bois of Literature Book Podcast 8: The Natural - Malavika Praseed / Your Favorite Book
Mar 31, 2021
57:04
Malavika of Your Favorite Book podcast (@yfbpodcast) is here to discuss HER favorite book, Bernard Malamud's epic tale of Roy Hobbs, Wonderboy, and seedy criminal underpinnings of professional ball in THE NATURAL.
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Summary of THE NATURAL:
Before he died, Roy Hobbs's father told him he was "a natural" at America's past-time. After fashioning a baseball bat from a tree felled by lightning, pitcher Roy attempts to try out for the Chicago Cubs. But before he can get to the game, he's felled by a female fan's bullet to the chest. He disappears from the game for 15 years, only to re-emerge as a star player for the New York Knights at the decrepit age of 34. Roy, now obsessed with the team manager's nogoodnik niece Memo and her "godfather," a bookie with aims to fix the world series, Roy's desire for greatness is shut down by a great pair of legs and, I am not joking, deadly high blood pressure.
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Summary of THE NATURAL:
Before he died, Roy Hobbs's father told him he was "a natural" at America's past-time. After fashioning a baseball bat from a tree felled by lightning, pitcher Roy attempts to try out for the Chicago Cubs. But before he can get to the game, he's felled by a female fan's bullet to the chest. He disappears from the game for 15 years, only to re-emerge as a star player for the New York Knights at the decrepit age of 34. Roy, now obsessed with the team manager's nogoodnik niece Memo and her "godfather," a bookie with aims to fix the world series, Roy's desire for greatness is shut down by a great pair of legs and, I am not joking, deadly high blood pressure.
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