For the world's leading literary theorist, the prospect of tutoring one student, with the intent of fostering the greatest writer of the twenty-first century, seems at first preposterous. But after meeting the precocious young boy it proves a worthy challenge. If he can overlook the uneasy feeling he has about his employer's sprawling compound in Argentina, full of gifted prodigies, all being prepped to become the leaders of their respective fields. To compound the challenge, the boy doesn't aspire to be a writer; his passion is for baseball, like his older brother George, who just might be the greatest player to ever play the game.