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Good read, w/ some stunning passages, great ending. - Goodreads Boxing stories never have a happy ending. - Goodreads Gardner's writing is superb. - Goodreads ... someone said, "the joy is in the prose." - Goodreads I choose not to summarize the plot. - Goodreads I learned a whole lot about writing from this book. - Goodreads Review: Fat CityUser Review - Joey Gold - Goodreads"In the morning waking was like a struggle with death. Exhausted in the dismal sheets, hearing the coughing….he was laded with remorse. His life…had turned against him. Catastrophes seemed to ... Read full review Review: Fat CityUser Review - Liz Ellen - GoodreadsA not so much moving as fascinating view into a pivotal slice of time for a down-on-his-luck boxer and a young boxer at the beginning of his career. A sort of odyssey, this novel felt clunky at times ... Read full review Related books
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