The Entitled
by Frank Deford
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Author: Frank DefordEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-16
ISBN: 1402208960
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
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Book Review: Male characters and baseball are awesome, but rape plot is repulsive
Summary: 2 Stars
I love baseball, and I enjoy listening to Frank DeFord on NPR, so this book looked promising. When it comes to a great insider's knowledge of baseball, the book delivered on its promise. It was also a great character study of Traveler, the manager, and his relationship with Alcazar, the star player.
Where the book goes horribly wrong is with the rape plot. What woman who has been raped would hunt down the only witness and tell her story matter-of-factly? What lawyer would let her? And worse -- what second woman who had been raped in the past and not told anyone about it would go talk to the accused rapist unemotionally -- and believe him to the extent of convincing the only witness not to tell the cops what he saw in return for an old-boys wink-wink agreement that gets witness a job? It is astounding to think that someone of Frank DeFord's depth of observation about men in sports would see this plot as legitimate. And why does every major female character in the book have to be a victim of rape? Yes it happens, but come on, this is a big cliche.
I wish the plot had been different because I really did enjoy DeFord's knowledge of baseball and all the male characters (like the pitcher who speaks of everything in terms of the weather, and the team owner who subjects everyone to his complaints about being tall). But the rape plot and treatment of female characters was so ludicrous as to be patently offensive. I simply couldn't get past this enough to enjoy the book.
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