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Having lived his entire life in the Detroit area, J. Conrad’s
dad took him to his first Tigers game when he was seven─a
3 to nothing Tigers win over the Angels, during a time when
the Angels played for the whole state of California and
not just Anaheim.
J. Conrad dreamed of a pro ball career, but when he turned
40 he realized that dream was no longer in the future but
instead the past. It was inevitable that at some point he
would write a baseball novel. In Backstop, he combines his
love and knowledge of the game with the heartbreak of
betrayal and its subsequent redemption.
His first novel, January’s Paradigm, was published by
Minerva Press, London, England. Current Entertainment
Monthly in Ann Arbor, Michigan, wrote of January’s
Paradigm, “Personal identity—the slipperiness and the
malleability of it—makes up the major theme of the story ...
(readers) will not be able to put it down.”
He is currently at work on a murder mystery that spans two
centuries written around baseball legend, Ty Cobb.
dad took him to his first Tigers game when he was seven─a
3 to nothing Tigers win over the Angels, during a time when
the Angels played for the whole state of California and
not just Anaheim.
J. Conrad dreamed of a pro ball career, but when he turned
40 he realized that dream was no longer in the future but
instead the past. It was inevitable that at some point he
would write a baseball novel. In Backstop, he combines his
love and knowledge of the game with the heartbreak of
betrayal and its subsequent redemption.
His first novel, January’s Paradigm, was published by
Minerva Press, London, England. Current Entertainment
Monthly in Ann Arbor, Michigan, wrote of January’s
Paradigm, “Personal identity—the slipperiness and the
malleability of it—makes up the major theme of the story ...
(readers) will not be able to put it down.”
He is currently at work on a murder mystery that spans two
centuries written around baseball legend, Ty Cobb.
You know Backstop. He plays the
catcher’s position for any team in any
city in America with a major league
ball club. You cheer him when he
delivers, and boo him when he doesn’t.
Told in his own words during the
seventh and deciding game of the
World Series, Backstop chronicles his
rookie season, takes the reader to
Chicago, where he finds romance, and
reveals the heartbreak he endured in
the aftermath of his one indiscretion.
You’ll cheer for Backstop, both on and
off the field, as he plays the most
important game of his career, haunted
by the ghost of his father, and fights
to win back the heart of the woman
he loves more than the game.
catcher’s position for any team in any
city in America with a major league
ball club. You cheer him when he
delivers, and boo him when he doesn’t.
Told in his own words during the
seventh and deciding game of the
World Series, Backstop chronicles his
rookie season, takes the reader to
Chicago, where he finds romance, and
reveals the heartbreak he endured in
the aftermath of his one indiscretion.
You’ll cheer for Backstop, both on and
off the field, as he plays the most
important game of his career, haunted
by the ghost of his father, and fights
to win back the heart of the woman
he loves more than the game.
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"In Backstop, J. Conrad Guest offers an
entertaining and instructive journey into both
major league baseball and major league matters
of the heart."
—Jeff Vande Zande, author of Landscape with
Fragmented Figures
"Baseball, like love, is a game of errors and
regrets. Pop-outs, ground-outs, strike-outs. A
bad swing, a bad throw, a bad hop. But what
captivates us most is the possibility of the next
at-bat, of the chance for a rally, of an unlikely
clutch play that suddenly changes the stakes.
This is where J. Conrad Guest meets us in
Backstop: in this beautiful, hopeful place closest
to our hearts, where we play for the love of the
game, and we love with everything we have."
─Rachael Perry, author of How to Fly
"In this story of love and sport, told in the
tradition of Field of Dreams and For Love of the
Game, J. Conrad Guest masterfully weaves the
human realities of risk, regret, and redemption
in bold and charming fashion."
―Jeff LeJeune, author of Postmarked Baltimore
entertaining and instructive journey into both
major league baseball and major league matters
of the heart."
—Jeff Vande Zande, author of Landscape with
Fragmented Figures
"Baseball, like love, is a game of errors and
regrets. Pop-outs, ground-outs, strike-outs. A
bad swing, a bad throw, a bad hop. But what
captivates us most is the possibility of the next
at-bat, of the chance for a rally, of an unlikely
clutch play that suddenly changes the stakes.
This is where J. Conrad Guest meets us in
Backstop: in this beautiful, hopeful place closest
to our hearts, where we play for the love of the
game, and we love with everything we have."
─Rachael Perry, author of How to Fly
"In this story of love and sport, told in the
tradition of Field of Dreams and For Love of the
Game, J. Conrad Guest masterfully weaves the
human realities of risk, regret, and redemption
in bold and charming fashion."
―Jeff LeJeune, author of Postmarked Baltimore
| Author photo courtesy of Stephen Sommerville, Sommerville Photographie |
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