A review by colinreedmoon
Blockade Billy by Stephen King

3.0

A quick read. I'm not a baseball fan so most of the game replays go right over my head, but the context carries enough to understand the most of it. The underlying (and I'd say secondary) story is enough to warrant me reading the book, even if it is really overshadowed by the love for the game that King has. Also interesting is that King works himself in; the narrator addresses, several times, Mr. King, and I always love that sort of thing. As if this is an interview King conducted about the short-lived career of Blockade Billy rather than whole fiction.

Kind of wanted Billy to be from another world, though, rather than just some kid--a Dark Tower connection to baseball would be an interesting subject to explore.