{"product_id":"pafko-at-the-wall-a-novella","title":"Pafko at the Wall: A Novella","description":"\"There's a long drive. It's gonna be. I believe. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant.\" -- Russ Hodges, October 3, 1951 On the fiftieth anniversary of \"The Shot Heard Round the World,\" Don DeLillo reassembles in fiction the larger-than-life characters who on October 3, 1951, witnessed Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jackie Gleason is razzing Toots Shor in Leo Durocher's box seats; J. Edgar Hoover, basking in Sinatra's celebrity, is about to be told that the Russians have tested an atomic bomb; and Russ Hodges, raw-throated and excitable, announces the game -- the Giants and the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds in New York. DeLillo's transcendent account of one of the iconic events of the twentieth century is a masterpiece of American sportswriting.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0743230000\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0743230000.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:DeLillo, Don\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41575581810746,"sku":"DBV.0743230000.A","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0743230000-0.jpg?v=1785639184","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/pafko-at-the-wall-a-novella","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}