Trivia
Steaminess Rating
RBaseball may be America's pastime, but this novel is for mature Americans only. With all the naked locker room scenes, Mike's tendency to use his Schwartz as a barometer for his current state of m...
Allusions
Literary and Philosophical ReferencesHerman Melville and Moby Dick (throughout) Chinua Achebe (2.60) Alexis de Tocqueville (2.60, 22.9)The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (5.13)Charles Darwin, The Voyage...