Question: Damn Yankees, a comedy inspired by works based on Faust, is based on what Douglass Wallop novel?
Context: "Whatever Lola Wants" is a popular song, sometimes rendered as "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets".  The music and words were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross for the 1955 musical play "Damn Yankees".  The song is sung by Lola, the Devil's assistant, a part originated by Gwen Verdon, who reprised the role in the film.  The saying was inspired by Lola Montez, an Irish-born "Spanish dancer" and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who later became a San Francisco Gold Rush vamp. Russell Brown (May 30, 1892; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – October 19, 1964; Englewood, New Jersey) was an American Tony Award-winning actor of stage and film.  Brown, a stage actor for decades, is best remembered by audiences as Captain Brackett in "South Pacific" (which he repeated in the movie version) and for his performances as 'Benny Van Buren' in the stage/film version of "Damn Yankees" in 1958, and the following year as park caretaker George Lemon in the classic courtroom drama, "Anatomy of a Murder" (1959).  For his stage performance in "Damn Yankees!" , he earned Broadway's Tony Award in 1956, as did actor Ray Walston, actress Gwen Verdon and her choreographer husband Bob Fosse, among others, all for the same Tony Award-winning musical. The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant is a 1954 novel by Douglass Wallop.  It adapts the Faust theme to the world of American baseball in the 1950s. Lewis Carroll's books "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass" have been highly popular in their original forms, and have served as the basis for many subsequent works since they were published.  They have been adapted directly into other media, their characters and situations have been appropriated into other works, and these elements have been referenced innumerable times as familiar elements of shared culture.  Simple references to the two books are too numerous to list; this list of works based on "Alice in Wonderland" focuses on works based specifically and substantially on Carroll's two books about the character of Alice. Damn Yankees was the eponymous debut album by the American hard rock supergroup Damn Yankees.  It is also notable for being the album that revived the career of guitarist Ted Nugent.  It went double platinum, and featured such chart topping hits as "High Enough", "Come Again", and "Coming of Age". Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.  The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball.  It is based on Wallop's novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant". John Douglass Wallop III (8 March 1920 – 1 April 1985) was an American novelist and playwright. Stanley Donen ( ; born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are "Singin' in the Rain" and "On the Town", both of which he co-directed with actor and dancer Gene Kelly.  His other noteworthy films include "Royal Wedding", "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", "Funny Face", "Indiscreet", "Damn Yankees! ", "Charade", and "Two for the Road".  He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 for his body of work and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004.  He was hailed by film critic David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals".  Donen married five times and had three children.  His current long term partner is film director and comedian Elaine May. Damn Yankees!  is a 1958 musical film made by Warner Bros. based on the 1955 Broadway musical of the same name.  The story is a modern take on the Faust legend involving the New York Yankees and Washington Senators baseball teams. Faust has inspired artistic and cultural works for over four centuries.  The following lists cover various media to include items of historic interest, enduring works of high art, and recent representations in popular culture.  The entries represent works that a reader has a reasonable chance of encountering rather than a complete catalog.
Answer: "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant"