The Death of Baseball

Explosive psychological novel for fans of Michael Chabon Mark Haddon and George Saunders.Marilyn Monroe died just after midnight on August 5th 1962; former Little League champion Kimitake Clyde Koba was born on the same day at the same time. As Clyde struggles to escape the ghost of his brother and his alcoholic father and stumbles through his first love he finds strength in the belief that he is the reincarnation of Monroe. Born on Yom Kippur the holiest day of the Jewish calendar teen prodigy Raphael Dweck has been told his whole life that he has a special purpose in Gods plan. The only problem is he cant shake off his doubts his urges or the trail of trouble and ruin that follow in his wake.A decade later Raphael and Marilyn find each other wandering the plastic-bright streets of Hollywood and set out to make a documentary about the transmigration of souls. But when the roleplaying goes too far they find themselves past the point of no return in their quest to prove who and what they are to their families God the world and themselves. Israel and Japan collide in the City of Angels in this explosive psychological novel about faith idol worship and the search for identity by the author of Jerusalem Ablaze Stories of Love and Other Obsessions.