Faithful
432 Pages
Faithful is a rare detour for King; not fiction, not horror, but a real-time chronicle of the 2004 Boston Red Sox season, co-written with fellow novelist and die-hard Sox fan Stewart O’Nan. Through a series of emails, journal entries, and sharp commentary, the two authors obsess, vent, and celebrate as they ride one of the most improbable comebacks in baseball history.
It’s not just about the games. It’s about fandom. About suffering through decades of heartbreak and finally, miraculously, watching the curse break. For Constant Readers who love baseball, or even just love watching people love something, Faithful is a surprisingly intimate, often funny, and deeply human snapshot of belief paying off.