PinballbyJerzy Kosinski

Pinball (1982) is 1969 National Book Award for Fiction winner Jerzy Kosinski's eighth novel. In the story a young woman, assisted by a once-famous classical composer, investigates the identity of a fantastically popular but mysteriously incognito rock-and-roll star. Like many of his later books, it introduces much sex and suspense in the plot. The book failed to generate much comercial or critical excitement when publshed.

---

Review: New York Times
Lacking a sense of the language, and thus lacking any style of his own, the author gropes for any passable cliche. . . . Even the elaborate plot of ''Pinball'' turns out to be a pointless and clumsy excuse for Mr. Kosinski's round-robin tournament of sex. . . . Judging from Jerzy Kosinski's eighth novel, ''Pinball,'' one has to conclude that the author's long affair with the English language is not going well.