Book #54361

My Losing Season - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Pat Conroy
Book #54361 My Losing Season - 1st Edition/1st Printing. Pat Conroy.
My Losing Season - 1st Edition/1st Printing
My Losing Season - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York, London, ET AL: Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday, 2002.
ISBN: 0385489129

A Fine first edition/first printing that does have a little bit of fraying to the spine edges in a Near Fine dust-jacket with some adhesive residue and creasing.

Pat Conroy's My Losing Season tells the story of fictional pitcher Jamie MacInnis and his season on the mound in the early 1990s. During MacInnis's rookie season, he is drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and is looking forward to a promising career. However, he soon realizes that things are not going as planned and his rookie season is a disaster. He is constantly losing games and is even released from the Pirates. Meanwhile, he is dating a girl named Lisa who is also having a difficult time. One night, MacInnis is pitching in a game and is getting beat badly. Just as he is about to give up, he makes a miraculous comeback and wins the game. This victory gives him hope and he begins to rebuild his career.; 8vo; 402 pages.

Price: $70.00

Author Bio

Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy, born October 26, 1945 as the first of seven children of a young career military officer from Chicago and a Southern beauty from Alabama, is a New York Times bestselling author who has written several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, were made into Oscar-nominated films. He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th century Southern literature.

Conroy currently lives in Beaufort, South Carolina with his wife Cassandra King, author of four popular novels.