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Man on Spikes Eliot Asinof
Man on Spikes
Eliot Asinof
Originally published in 1955, this is a novel about a baseball player who struggles through 16 years of personal crises and professional ordeals before finally appearing in a major-league game. In the preface to this edition, Asinof reveals the identity of the friend upon which the novel is based.
288 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 24, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780809321902 |
| Publishers | Southern Illinois University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 139 × 216 × 22 mm · 403 g |
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