The Celebrant

An immigrant jeweler goes through a severe case of hero worship as his life intersects with baseball great Christy Mathewson and the New York Giants of John McGraw. The strength of this novel is its meticulous recreation of baseball and New York City in the early part of the 20th century. It has become a cult novel and favorite of baseball fans. Greenberg has contributed to other books on baseball but, to date, has never published another novel.