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The Fighter
A Literary Fiction Novel by Craig Davidson
Subgenres:
- Sports Fiction,
- Coming-of-Age,
- Masculinity
This book is for you if you're into...
- Boxing gyms and the gritty pursuit of toughness
- Characters wrestling with family expectations and privilege
- Stories where two very different lives collide
Everything has been handed to Paul Harris, the son of a wealthy southern Ontario businessman. But after a vicious beating shakes his world, he descends into the realm of hardcore bodybuilders and boxing gyms, seeking to become a real man, reveling in suffering.
Rob Tully, a working-class teenager from upstate New York, is a born boxer. He trains with his father and uncle, who believe a gift like his can change their lives, but he struggles under the weight of their expectations. Inevitably, these two young men's paths will cross.
Craig Davidson was born in Toronto and now lives in Calgary, Alberta. He is the author of the acclaimed short story collection Rust and Bone, which was published by W.W. Norton in the United States, Penguin in Canada, Albin Michel in France, and Picador in the United Kingdom.
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