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Welcome to this week’s Free Book Friday, wherein we give you the best titles in indie publishing for the low low price of nothing. Congrats to last week’s winner jspad for getting a free copy of The Alchemaster’s Apprentice by Walter Moers.

The Man with Two Arms by Billy Lombardo

This week, we are giving away a copy of The Man with Two Arms by Billy Lombardo. Baseball fanatic Henry Granville spends hours introducing his son Denny to balls of all sizes and shapes. He turns his basement into an indoor stadium and guides Denny’s behavior, ensuring that each action performed on one side is matched by an equal action on the other, from throwing a ball and swinging a bat to coloring and wiping his bum. Soon Denny can throw perfectly with either arm, a feat virtually unheard of in baseball. He skyrockets into the major leagues, breaking records held for decades. But when a journalist hungry for a scoop exaggerates Henry’s obsession and exposes him as a monster, the pressures of media and celebrity threaten to destroy the world that father and son have created. A baseball novel and much more, The Man with Two Arms explores the ways in which we protect, betray, love, and shape each other as we attempt to find our way through life.

This week’s Free Book Friday is sponsored by The Overlook Press. The Overlook Press is an independent general-interest publisher, founded in 1971. The publishing program consists of nearly 100 new books per year, evenly divided between hardcovers and trade paperbacks. The list is eclectic, but areas of strength include interesting fiction, history, biography, drama, and design.

To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is comment in the space below. Make sure to tell us your email address so we can contact you if you win! We also recommend doing the following:

Winner will be chosen randomly at 12pm on Friday, January 15 and notified via email. The winner must respond to our email within 48 hours, or a new winner will be randomly selected.

Good luck!

EDIT: Giveaway now closed. Congrats to this week’s winner PETER RICHTER. Try your luck again with David Carkeet’s From Away in the new Free Book Friday.

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12 Comments

  1. I can’t wait to see what indie publishing has to say about baseball. This looks promising.

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    -Pete

  2. Pete says:

    I read Lombardo’s debut story collection and am looking forward to seeing what he does with a novel.

  3. SMD says:

    You know I’m in, as always.

  4. This sounds like an interesting book.

  5. Sue says:

    I’m the biggest baseball nut ever – please include me. Thanks!

  6. sanjay says:

    i game for it….wud luuuuv to win this book….

  7. Gillian says:

    Oooh!

  8. Grant Z says:

    Sounds interesting!

  9. hayley says:

    Yes please, I would love some vegetable lasagna.

  10. Robert Van Auken says:

    This site is fantastic! I’m telling everyone I know about it. Keep up the great work!

  11. Kerry says:

    This looks great!

  12. ed says:

    i would love to read this book so that i can find out how to cheat in my job search and get hired!

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