The Cuban Prospect, A Novel (signed)

Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2003. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page (his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). NEW in a NEW dust jacket. PERFECT condition. NO chips, tears, creases or fading. NOT price clipped ($24.95). Also, still has a new book price sticker ($24.95) on the jacket's rear panel. The author's debut novel. The jacket is protected by a lightly rubbed removable clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 2003. First printing with "First edition" so stated and complete number row (135798642) on the copyright page. Bound in the original two tone boards (dark yellow with black spine). From the publisher: "With disarming intensity, humor, and great heart, Brian Shawver tells the story of Dennis Birch, a washed up thirty-four-year-old failed ball player turned minor league scout. At the request of his organization, he embarks on a plan to smuggle the hot left-handed pitcher Ramon Diego Sagasta out of Fidel Castro's Cuba... Birch is both narrator and a memorable character as he reveals the sordid and morally complex tale to fulfill his mission, at once humorous, harrowing and affirming.whose field of dreams has always been baseball. No longer a candidate for baseball greatness himself -- if he ever was -- Dennis accepts the challenge... in the hope that promoting the greatness of another will somehow confer a small, manageable portion of it on himself. A novel of last-ditch hopes, destiny's curve balls, and quiet redemption, THE CUBAN PROSPECT projects a vision at once humorous, harrowing, and affirming.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 224pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.