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trin's review against another edition
5.0
This book cheered me up immensely. It's about a Major League shortstop who suddenly realizes that he's falling in love with his second baseman. It's one of my favorite slash clichés—the slow tease of that first stirring attraction; the one guy teaching the other all he knows—and it builds really nicely. The writing's kind of slap-dash trashy, but I actually found the central romance to be rather sweet, and it's about baseball, a gay romance involving baseball, and that's just an unstoppable combination for me, really. I think you would all enjoy reading it. Especially Sheila. (And except Punk. *g*) I literally devoured it in one sitting—I don't think I even got up to use the bathroom.
pugreads's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Xenophobia
skepticalmoose's review against another edition
4.0
There was a lot of baseball in this book. Also, Pia Zadora.
asteroidbuckle's review against another edition
3.0
I was recently on a sports (baseball) fiction kick and was searching for baseball books on Amazon. I found this one and the synopsis immediately captured my attention: the superstar shortstop for a competitive professional baseball team (the fictitious LA Valley Vikings) falls in love with the team's second baseman.
What is the All-American athlete with a beautiful wife and twin daughters to do?
This book is a light read and achingly funny. Poor Randy Dreyfus (the shortstop who lends his name to the title) and DJ Pickett begin a torrid affair which is of course discovered in a most inopportune and embarrassing way.
Enter the prudish, closed-minded fans and the ultra-conservative and off-put baseball owners who pressure the baseball commissioner to suspend the players for life.
Of course, the Vikings are in the middle of the pennant race and Randy and DJ are their best players. What to do?
Oh, and there's a hilarious little side story about a neurotic Dalmatian named Calvin.
What is the All-American athlete with a beautiful wife and twin daughters to do?
This book is a light read and achingly funny. Poor Randy Dreyfus (the shortstop who lends his name to the title) and DJ Pickett begin a torrid affair which is of course discovered in a most inopportune and embarrassing way.
Enter the prudish, closed-minded fans and the ultra-conservative and off-put baseball owners who pressure the baseball commissioner to suspend the players for life.
Of course, the Vikings are in the middle of the pennant race and Randy and DJ are their best players. What to do?
Oh, and there's a hilarious little side story about a neurotic Dalmatian named Calvin.
debraserrins's review against another edition
4.0
It's brainless but it's got baseball and a gay love affair. What more do I need?
michaeljpdx's review against another edition
3.0
You can ready my full review of The Dreyfus Affair at my web site.
ashrocketship's review against another edition
4.0
This was so, so very deeply of the time and reminded me a lot of Aaron Krach's Half-Life which I read in 2019 -- the southern California setting, the shifting, omniscient third-person narrative, the time period, roughly -- except it had the benefit of being about baseball -- with lots of well-written baseball! -- and having characters I was just generally interested in or intrigued by so I never felt I was losing out by shifting to a different POV. I also laughed a lot more than I would have expected and ended up feeling very buoyed by how hopeful it all felt. I mean, I also have to reckon with the fact that it's 2021 and things are probably actually significantly worse than the world Lefcourt wrote in the early 90s, but isn't that true for most things? (As an... insane aside, I read the hardcover version of this book -- It has the original receipt in it still from a bookstore on the east coast from 1993! It rules! -- but cannot stand that the cover isn't populated for whatever reason, so my review is mis-assigned to the paperback. Thank you for understanding that I have many problems and issues that make me this way.)
christy's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 stars. I'd probably only recommend this to people who enjoy baseball as the romance was completely unconvincing. The only thing I liked about it was the humor.
fictionista3's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
sophronisba's review against another edition
4.0
A charming if somewhat dated novel. I would have enjoyed it more if Randy hadn't been married; my sympathy for his wife and daughters made it hard for me to root for Randy and D. J. in the beginning.