{"product_id":"9780813047676","title":"Pitching Around Fidel: A Journey into the Heart of Cuban Sports","description":"\"Fascinating.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e    \"Unprecedented... Astonishing.\"--\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e    \"A rarity: a balanced, compassionate, intimate journal of Cuba's slow, agonizing decay.\"--\u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e    \"Price describes a lovely, proud, impoverished people caught in [a] repressive system that destroys thousands as it celebrates a handful.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e     \"Takes the wider view, poking its nose into the politics and culture of Cuba every few pages. Price has an easy, lyrical style that elevates his work beyond the usual sports fare.\"--\u003ci\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/i\u003e    \"Fascinating, sometimes hilarious, often heart-wrenching.\"--\u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e    \"Easily the most engaging book on Cuban sports--if not Cuba--published in many years.\"--\u003ci\u003eBaseball America\u003c\/i\u003e    \"Offers a rare and provocative tour of the world's most remarkable sports culture. It's an unforgettable story of supremely gifted athletes, the utter madness of politics, and the scent of big money across the sea.\"--Carl Hiaasen     \"Price is one of the finest writers on sports anywhere.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003cb\u003eS. L. Price\u003c\/b\u003e, a senior writer at \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e since 1994, has been called a \"Master of the New Journalism\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. An award-winning former columnist and feature writer at the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSacramento Bee\u003c\/i\u003e, he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eFar Afield\u003c\/i\u003e, which \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e named one of the five best books of 2007, and \u003ci\u003eHeart of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named the #1 baseball book of 2009 by \u003ci\u003eBaseball America.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128624857328,"sku":"9780813047676","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780813047676_p0.jpg?v=1763744093","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780813047676","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}