Author | Peter Abrahams |
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Publisher | Warner Books |
Publication date | March 10, 1995 |
Pages | 352 |
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In 1996, the novel was adapted to film as The Fan .[ citation needed ]
Publishers Weekly called it a "taut novel" and a "finely crafted, edge-of-the-seat thriller." [3] Warren Goldstein, in The Washington Post , wrote that it was a "finely-crafted suspense story." [4] Kirkus Reviews considered it "forceful, straight-ahead storytelling, a tale of two fascinating characters set against the backdrop of Major League Baseball." [5]
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