After a bet between Sam Simpson and Walt Whammer goes awry, the main character is shot with a silver bullet by Harriet Bird.
One character in this novel performs several magic tricks including one where he making a dead herring appear in someone's mouth. The protagonist visits the fortuneteller Lola and is dismayed to find out his lover Iris Lemon is a grandmother. After a bet between Sam Simpson and Walt Whammer goes awry, the main character is shot with a silver bullet by Harriet Bird. At the end of this novel, the title character is savaged in an article by Max Mercy after he obsessively courts Memo Paris, the girlfriend of his former rival Bump Bailey. Pop Fisher manages the title character who uses his bat Wonderboy. For 10 points, name this novel about baseball player Roy Hobbs, written by Bernard Malamud.
One character in this novel performs several magic tricks including one where he making a dead herring appear in someone's mouth.
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