The Beautiful Game

After An Unfortunate Accident Tears Manny From A Nearly Perfect Life He Retreats To His Childhood Home In South America. There Memories Spring Up Weaving Together Sport A Search For Forgiveness And Contemporary History. The Action Of This Short Novel Lies Not Only On The Soccer Pitch But Also In The Mind Of A Narrator Trying To Reconcile Two Halves Of A Crosscultural Life. Flashbacks Smoothly Draw The Past Into The Present Until Manny Faces An Overwhelming Family Secret. Fencer Uses Circumstances And Setting To Explore The Idea Of Grace In A Game And In Life When Debts Are Too Great To Be Paid.