{"product_id":"bang-the-drum-slowly-paperback-softback-9780803273382","title":"Bang the Drum Slowly (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803273382","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBang the Drum Slowly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Harris (Author), Mark Harris (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803273382\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e243 pages\u003cbr\u003e20.3 x 13.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.286 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBang the Drum Slowly\u003c\/i\u003e makes wonderful reading—whether one hates baseball or loves it. . . . It is awfully funny in parts, and laughter is rare enough on anybody's bookshelf.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"What makes \u003ci\u003eBang the Drum Slowly\u003c\/i\u003e unique . . . is author Harris's mastery of his offbeat scene. . . . The talk is natural, larded with casual humor, and earthiness. . . . Harris has measured [his characters] with his heart as well as his eye and ear.\"—\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eHenry Wiggen, hero of \u003ci\u003eThe Southpaw\u003c\/i\u003e and the best-known fictional baseball player in America, is back again, throwing a baseball \"with his arm and his brain and his memory and his bluff for the sake of his pocket and his family.\" More than a novel about baseball, \u003ci\u003eBang the Drum Slowly\u003c\/i\u003e is about the friendship and the lives of a group of men as they each learn that a teammate is dying of cancer.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBang the Drum Slowly\u003c\/i\u003e was chosen as one of the top one hundred sports books of all time by \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and appears on numerous other lists of best baseball fiction. In the introduction to this new Bison Books edition Mark Harris discusses the making of the classic 1973 film starring Robert DeNiro, based on his screen adaptation of the book. Also available in Bison Books editions are \u003ci\u003eThe Southpaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt Looked Like For Ever.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702540300568,"sku":"9780803273382","price":15.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bang-the-drum-slowly-paperback-softback-9780803273382","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}