The Oakland Quartet

From the award-winning author of Paradise Boys Scotch and Oranges Ghost Dancer and End of the Road comes the startling visionary The Oakland Quartet. Set in Oakland a working-class American-Irish neighborhood of steel mills and saloons the novel set in 1958 chronicles four teenaged baseball players -- Stash and Nig Mongol and Whitey the slickest-fielding infield the city had ever seen -- who on a hot sulfurous night commit an unspeakable crime -- and must live with its consequences. Supported by a stellar cast of barkeeps city councilmen neighborhood enforcers and Catholic priests -- as well as such historic figures as Mayor David Lawrence baseball Hall of Famer Pie Traynor and many more -- the Oakland Quartet make a decision that will ultimately ruin their lives. Narrated by Beef their former teammate and catcher The Oakland Quartet closely examines these small stunted lives -- while their priest Father David Reddy searches to save those who have who have lost their way.