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The natural

by Bernard Malamud, SparkNotes

Baseball playersFictionBaseballBaseball storiesReading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 12American fiction (fictional works by one author)

Gifted baseball player Roy Hobbs, his career derailed by a youthful indiscretion, makes a stunning comeback in later life, but finds himself still struggling against the temptations that would bring him to ruin.

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Book data: Open Library