It’s been a long time since we’ve enjoyed a new baseball project from the pen/typewriter/computer of W.P. Kinsella.
Well, the wait is over. Kinsella has recently released Name Your Link
Julio and Esteban Pimental, twins whose divine destiny for baseball begins with games of catch in the womb. They mature quickly and by the age of ten they leave their home in the fictional Caribbean country of Courteguay for the American major leagues. Julio is a winning pitcher who will only throw to his catcher brother, a mediocre player, much to the chagrin of the team that employs them. Events in the brothers’ homeland, including regular coups and the outlawing of baseball, continue to shape their lives. They are monitored by the Wizard, a mysterious figure who travels by hot air balloon and controls events behind the scenes. This novel includes a great love blessed by butterflies and a political undercurrent that unites the wealthy north with the baseball-loving and oppressed south.
Herewith a few features about the book and the author, primarily from Canadian outlets (Kinsella is a citizen of our neighbor to the North):
- The winter of W.P. Kinsella’s career: Author of Butterfly Winter reminisces about Edmonton childhood (Montreal Gazette)
- A welcome return to baseball’s field of dreams (Toronto Globe and Mail)
- W.P. Kinsella back in the game with Butterfly Winter (Calgary Herald)
- Kinsella will read from the book at a Dec. 7 event in Chilliwack, British Columbia
- A review from the Winnipeg Free Press
- An interview with Kinsella (Winnipeg Review)
- And a brief guide to Kinsella’s baseball fiction
is available on Amazon.com,
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