The Fan is a 1995 novel by American author Peter Abrahams.
[2] The story revolves around baseball and explores the overt dedication displayed by some of its fanatics.
[citation needed] Publishers Weekly called it a "taut novel" and a "finely crafted, edge-of-the-seat thriller.
"[3] Warren Goldstein, in The Washington Post, wrote that it was a "finely-crafted suspense story.
"[4] Kirkus Reviews considered it "forceful, straight-ahead storytelling, a tale of two fascinating characters set against the backdrop of Major League Baseball.