Brittle Innings

(1994)
A novel by Michael Bishop

Awards
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Book (nominee)
Hugo Best Novel (nominee)
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel (nominee)
World Fantasy Best Novel (nominee)

In 1943, with the country at war, seventeen-year-old shortstop Danny Boles joins a Class C baseball farm club and sets out on an odyssey into strange relationships, dramatic escapades, and lessons about life, dreams, desire, and growing up. Reprint. NYT. PW. K.

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Used availability for Michael Bishop's Brittle Innings

Hardback Editions

April 1994 : USA Hardback

Title: Brittle Innings
Author(s): Michael Bishop
ISBN: 0-553-08136-5 / 978-0-553-08136-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bantam
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Paperback Editions

August 2012 : USA Paperback

Title: Brittle Innings
Author(s): Michael Bishop
ISBN: 1-933846-31-3 / 978-1-933846-31-6 (USA edition)
Publisher: Fairwood Press, Inc
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January 1995 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: Brittle Innings
Author(s): Michael Bishop
ISBN: 0-553-56943-0 / 978-0-553-56943-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Bantam
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Kindle Editions

October 2014 : USA, Canada, UK Kindle edition

Title: Brittle Innings
Author(s): Michael Bishop
Publisher: Fairwood Press
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November 2012 : Australia, UK Kindle edition

Title: Brittle Innings (Gateway Essentials)
Author(s): Michael Bishop
Publisher: Gateway
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