{"product_id":"books-summerland-by-michael-chabon","title":"Summerland","description":"\u003cp\u003eA magical novel for readers of all ages that blends fantasy and folklore with that most American coming-of-age ritual: baseball--now in a new edition, with an original introduction by the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over a century, the people of Clam Island, Washington, have enjoyed barbecues and baseball games at Summerland, on the western tip of the island, where it never rains. The small beings--known as ferishers--who ensure this perfect weather, however, are threatened by an ancient enemy and need a hero--a baseball star, in fact--to vanquish their foe. Summerland is the story of Ethan Feld, the worst ballplayer in the history of the game, recruited by a hundred-year-old scout called Ringfinger Brown, himself a Negro Leagues legend. Accompanied by his determined friend Jennifer T. Rideout and guided by a friendly werefox, Ethan struggles to defeat giants, bat-winged goblins, and one of the toughest ballclubs in the realms of magic to save all the Summerlands--and ultimately the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Michael Chabon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn immensely gifted writer and a magical prose stylist.-\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis work is page-turning and poignant; he is one of the best writers of English prose alive. . . . He wants to move and thrill us both, and he does.-\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA prose magician, Chabon is that rare literary anomaly: a gentle-spirited writer of boundless ambition.-\u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA literary swashbuckler.-\u003cem\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Chabon is an escape artist: his novels are elegant and energetic circus tricks which celebrate, again and again, the joy of release from the constraints of the everyday world.-\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn unstoppable master of the ripping yarn, beautifully told.-\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProbably the premier prose stylist -the Updike-of his generation.-\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480329249041,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780786808779.jpg?v=1777546100","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/products\/books-summerland-by-michael-chabon","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}