Duncan took almost 10 years to follow up the publication of his much-praised first novel, but this massive second effort is well worth the wait. It is a stunning work: a complex tapestry of family tensions, baseball, pol...Duncan took almost 10 years to follow up the publication of his much-praised first novel, but this massive second effort is well worth the wait. It is a stunning work: a complex tapestry of family tensions, baseball, politics and religion, by turns hilariously funny and agonizingly sad.