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| Author | Stephen King |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Suspense fiction |
| Publisher | Cemetery Dance |
Publication date | April 20, 2010 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 112 |
| ISBN | 978-1-58767-228-6 |
Blockade Billy is a 2010 novella by Stephen King. It tells the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, a fictional baseball catcher who briefly played for the New Jersey Titans[1] during the 1957 season.[2]
The novella took King two weeks to write.[3] He had the following to say about the novella:
I love old-school baseball, and I also love the way people who've spent a lifetime in the game talk about the game. I tried to combine those things in a story of suspense. People have asked me for years when I was going to write a baseball story. Ask no more; this is it.[4][5]
- ^ "Blockade Billy by Stephen King". Cemeterydance.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
- ^ Sheehan, Bill (2010-04-21). "Book review: 'Blockade Billy' by Stephen King". The Washington Post.
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (2010-06-20). "In 'Blockade Billy,' King Mixes His Two Passions". The New York Times.
- ^ Cemetery Dance Publications. "Blockade Billy: Cemetery Dance Publications". Cemeterydance.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-12. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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