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Nationalistic tensions are high when Florence Vassy, the coach of the obnoxious American competitor, Freddie Trumper, falls in love with the Russian player, Anatoly Sergievsky. The ensuing love triangle has serious consequences—including threats to national security...
...bowl," recalled England's Jim Laker, "Bradman seemed to know where the ball was going to pitch, what stroke he was going to play and how many runs he was going to score." He wasn't a beautiful batsman?he lacked the grace of Victor Trumper, Ted Dexter or Mark Waugh?but as his late teammate Jack Fingleton wrote: "He was such a genius that he could well have indulged himself in the artistic flourishes of batting, but he was too much of a realist to permit himself to do this. Every spectator in Bradman's heyday sensed that...
...only case law precedent on the books in Massachusetts is Trumper vs. Quincy, Randall said. The Supreme Judicial Court in that case upheld neighborhood property-owners who had demanded a three-fourths vote. "The standing of the owners was not a question there however; we are arguing that since Harvard is not an individual it is a different question," Randall said...
Worse yet, Trumper's sex life is painfully complicated by a medical complaint that might embarrass even Alexander Portnoy. Unable to commit himself to risky surgery, Trumper opts for "the water method"-a sloppy palliative that requires him to drink huge amounts of water before and after intercourse to flush himself...
Remarkably, John Irving manages to weave the disparate fragmented elements of Trumper's calamities into a rich, unified tapestry. From the dreck of daily lives, he can make the improbable seem likely and retrieve something of beauty...