Hard Pieces represents the best of more than a decades work by a popular and controversial writer for the Indianapolis Star. Dan Carpenters columns knew no limits to their topics, their approaches, or their point of view. He is interested in out-of-the-way places, city life, interesting individuals from the famous to the ordinary, in the angularity and meaning of events, in the dust and scent of his native state. His writing on sports, especially baseball, is as good as anything that has ever been produced. Taken together, his vignettes and essays offer a fascinating interpretation of Indiana.
Hard Pieces represents the best of more than a decades work by a popular andcontroversial writer for the Indianapolis Star. Dan Carpenters columns knew no limits totheir topics, their approaches, or their point of view. He is interested inout-of-the-way places, city life, interesting individuals from the famous to theordinary, in the angularity and meaning of events, in the dust and scent of his native state. Hiswriting on sports, especially baseball, is as good as anything that has ever been produced. Takentogether, his vignettes and essays offer a fascinating interpretation of Indiana.
