Bucky Dent

David Duchovny, the New York Times bestselling author, has returned with his latest work, "Bucky F*cking Dent," a singular tale that brims with the mirth, poignancy, and profound solitude of modern life. The story follows the life of Ted Fullilove, aka Mr. Peanut, a Ivy League graduate who is unlike his peers. He shares an apartment with Goldberg, his beloved battery-operated fish, sleeps on a bed littered with yellow legal pads filled with his attempts at the next great American Novel, and spends his days at Yankee Stadium, waxing poetic while selling peanuts to pay the rent.

When Ted learns that his estranged father, Marty, is dying of lung cancer, he immediately moves back into his childhood home, setting off a whirlwind of revelations. The overbearing, absent father of Ted's youth now tries to make up for lost time, but his health declines drastically whenever his beloved Red Sox lose. With the help of Mariana, a Nuyorican grief counselor with whom Ted promptly falls in love, and a crew of neighborhood old-timers, Ted orchestrates the illusion of a Boston winning streak, enabling Marty and the Red Sox to reverse the Curse of the Bambino and cruise their way to World Series victory. Well, sort of.

Duchovny's richly drawn "Bucky Fcking Dent" explores the bonds between fathers and sons, and the age-old rivalry between Yankee fans and the Fenway faithful. The novel grapples with our urgent need to persevere and risk everything in the name of love. Culminating in that fateful moment in October of '78 when the mighty Bucky Dent hit his way into baseball history with the unlikeliest of home runs, "Bucky Fcking Dent" demonstrates how life truly belongs to the losers, and that the long shots are the ones worth betting on.

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