This novel begins with the protagonist on a train with Sam, and that protagonist is fond of his possession "Wonderboy". The main character has an affair with Iris Lemon, but rejects her when he learns that she is a grandmother, and Max Mercy ultimately exposes the title character's past misdeeds. Harriet Bird shoots the protagonist in the stomach with a silver bullet, and the protagonist falls in love with Memo Paris. Judge Goodwill Banner owns the Knights and pays the protagonist to throw a game, and Bump Baily dies after smashing into an outfield wall. For 10 points identify this novel about Roy Hobbs' attempt to become "the best there ever
This novel begins with the protagonist on a train with Sam, and that protagonist is fond of his possession "Wonderboy". The main character has an affair with Iris Lemon, but rejects her when he learns that she is a grandmother, and Max Mercy ultimately exposes the title character's past misdeeds. Harriet Bird shoots the protagonist in the stomach with a silver bullet, and the protagonist falls in love with Memo Paris. Judge Goodwill Banner owns the Knights and pays the protagonist to throw a game, and Bump Baily dies after smashing into an outfield wall. For 10 points identify this novel about Roy Hobbs' attempt to become "the best there ever was in the game", a work by Bernard Malmud.
This novel begins with the protagonist on a train with Sam, and that protagonist is fond of his possession "Wonderboy".
{The Natural}