Last Days of Summer

<p><strong>A contemporary American classic</strong><em>--</em><strong>a poignant and hilarious tale of baseball hero worship eccentric behavior and unlikely friendship</strong></p><p><em>Last Days of Summer</em> is the story of Joey Margolis neighborhood punching bag growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks the all-star third basemen for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an overactive imagination. Then again this strange needy kid might be exactly what Banks needs.</p>