Westborough – Extra Innings, a debut novel by Bruce E. Spitzer, makes a perfect summer read for baseball aficionados, sci-fi fans and anyone looking for a light, quick escapade. Join the author Saturday, July 14, from 10 a.m. to noon, at Tatnuck Bookseller, Westborough Shopping Center, Route 9 & Lyman Street in Westborough, for a book reading and signing.
Extra Innings features the return of baseball legend Ted Williams through the science of cryonics. In the year 2092, Williams once again plays for the Boston Red Sox and finds himself trapped in a dystopian world he hardly recognizes: the corruption of the game he loves with über-juiced batters and robot pitchers; difficult love affairs clashing with his old desires; and a military conflict of the future in which he must harness the fighter pilot skills he used in his first life.
“The narrative resonates with the consequences of the major issues we face in our world today – the steroids debate in sports, global warming, corporate greed, technology run rampant, and the moral ambiguity of war,” said Spitzer. “Its redemptive theme: Given a second chance, what would any of us do differently? Superior in so many ways, yet flawed in his first life – aren's we all? – Williams must decide in the second, what's more important, the chance to win his first World Series or the chance to be a better man?”
Spitzer is a public relations executive, magazine editor and columnist. His writing has won awards from the New England Press Association, the International Association of Business Communicators and the Publicity Club of Boston. A graduate of Boston University and Rutgers, he lives in Hopkinton with his wife and young son.
July 14, the author will read a selection from Extra Innings and will be on hand to answer questions and sign copies of the book.
For more information about the book, visit www.ExtraInningsTheNovel.com and check out Tatnuck Bookseller at www.tatnuck.com.
