← Mark HarrisWake Up Stupidby Mark HarrisFind on Amazon↗About the authorMark HarrisMark Harris was a novelist of baseball and Americana whose Henry Wiggen tetralogy used the fictional pitcher's voice to explore American innocence and experience with gentle irony. Bang the Drum Slowly is his most celebrated work.More by Mark HarrisThe SouthpawBaseball novel narrated by left-handed pitcher Henry Wiggen→Bang the Drum SlowlyBaseball novel about a dying rookie and friendship between teammates→A Ticket for a Seamstitch→It Looked Like For Ever→