Wondering whether Nabokov might have left any unpublished manuscripts behindand if so did they have baseball themes? If anyone reading this knows theanswer plea... » 

Wondering whether Nabokov might have left any unpublished manuscripts behindand if so did they have baseball themes? If anyone reading this knows theanswer please check the files to see if theres a manuscript for a novel namedChance. . . . Its a very good one full of wit good humor and baseball.And if you dont care about the latter take the advice the book offers in itsfirst paragraph and Read it anyway. Theres other stuff in it too. AllenBarra The Palm Beach PostAn excerptOkay heres the deal. This is a book about a baseball player. Do you care? Ifyou dont care read it anyway. Theres some other stuff in it too. ChanceCaine. Recognize the name? Well he wants me an old weird guy poet to writehis story. Why? Ill tell you why. He has made rhythmic marks on paper himself.Some of his efforts arent even dreck. You can judge for yourself in a minute.He took a class. I gave him an A. So one day he comes to me with a load ofscrapbooks diaries videos. He says Heres my life. How would you like towrite my book? I say The thing I make will be the thing I make. I talk likethat on purpose sometimes. Art is a conscious attempt at nonverbalcommunication. Okay? Okay. I lie to convey truth. I lie to make the storybetter. I am a lying guy. What can I say? I want to write this story. There maybe money in it. Why lie? Okay theres another reason. I gave my students anassignment to write a short short short story no longer than ten sentences. Mr.Caine wroteThe Angry FishThe fish hurled himself into the boat slashing left and right with fins teethand daggers. Blood spurted from the severed limbs of the screaming crew. Thefish turned afinal somersault stood on its tail on the rail and shreiked intrembling rage Vengeance is mine haa ha haaa ha Then he dove under thewaves and was gone.The EndWhat the??? I graded it A and from then on leaned back a little in my chairwhen he walked by. I «