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Author : Craig Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2012-06-28
The Fighter written by Craig Davidson and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Fiction categories.
When a pair of fighters step into an illegal ring, sometimes only one walks out. This is the story of two men from radically different backgrounds, but with one thing in common. For Rob, it’s a question of talent and duty. For Paul, it’s one of fear. In the bloody world of bare-knuckle boxing the stakes are mercilessly high. Testing the difficult relationships between fathers and their sons, The Fighter explores the lengths to which these men are driven for self-knowledge, and the depths they will plumb in order to belong.
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Author : Michael Farris Smith
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-03-20
The Fighter written by Michael Farris Smith and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-20 with Fiction categories.
A blistering novel of violence and deliverance set against the mythic backdrop of the Mississippi Delta. The acres and acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred-year-old antebellum house, all gone. And so is the woman who gave it to Jack, the foster mother only days away from dying, her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack now owned by banks and strangers. And Jack's mind has begun to fail, too. The decades of bare-knuckle fighting are now taking their toll, as concussion after concussion forces him to carry around a stash of illegal painkillers and a notebook of names that separates friend from foe. But in a single twisted night, Jack loses his chance to win it all back. Hijacked by a sleazy gambler out to settle a score, Jack is robbed of the money that will clear his debt with Big Momma Sweet -- the queen of Delta vice, whose deep backwoods playground offers sin to all those willing to pay -- and open a path that could lead him back home. Yet this sudden reversal of fortunes introduces an unlikely savior in the form of a sultry, tattooed carnival worker. Guided by what she calls her "church of coincidence," Annette pushes Jack toward redemption, only to discover that the world of Big Momma Sweet is filled with savage danger. Damaged by regret, crippled by twenty-five years of fists and elbows, heartbroken by his own betrayals, Jack is forced to step into the fighting pit one last time, the stakes nothing less than life or death. With the raw power and poetry of a young Larry Brown and the mysticism of Cormac McCarthy, Michael Farris Smith cements his place as one of the finest writers in the American literary landscape.
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Author : Bob Halloran
language : it
Publisher: Bur
Release Date : 2011-03-02
The Fighter written by Bob Halloran and has been published by Bur this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-02 with Fiction categories.
La discesa agli inferi di un ex eroe del pugilato che, dimenticando talento e carriera, si abbandona alla droga e al crimine. La lotta di un giovane operaio, cresciuto nella venerazione del fratellastro maggiore, e il suo tentativo di farsi strada nel mondo della boxe. Quelle di Dickie e Micky sono strade divergenti che a un certo punto tornano a incrociarsi. Separati dalle alterne vicende di una vita tutt'altro che generosa, i due fratelli non si arrendono e uniscono le forze per conquistare il titolo che per entrambi è rimasto troppo a lungo un sogno proibito. Il combattimento non sarà solo sul ring, ma soprattutto fuori, contro pregiudizi, pronostici sfavorevoli, sfortuna. Lavorando nelle condizioni più difficili, lotteranno per rimettere insieme una famiglia distrutta, riscattare un passato di errori e restituire a una comunità sbandata ciò che da troppo tempo le manca: l'orgoglio e la fiducia nei propri ragazzi. La storia vera di Micky Ward e Dickie Eklund, una parabola di sofferenza e redenzione che ha ispirato il film The Fighter, con Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo e Amy Adams
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Author : Michael Farris Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
The Fighter written by Michael Farris Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with FICTION categories.
His mind failing from the effects of decades of bare-knuckle fighting, his foster mother's family legacy in the hands of strangers, and overwhelmed with gambling debts, Jack's only chance at redemption is to step into the fighting pit one last time.
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Author : Albert Payson Terhune
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
The Fighter written by Albert Payson Terhune and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with categories.
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Author : Arnold Zable
language : en
Publisher: Text Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-02
The Fighter written by Arnold Zable and has been published by Text Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Henry Nissen was a champion boxer, the boy from Amess Street in working-class Carlton who fought his way up to beat some of the world’s best in the 1970s. Now, he works on the Melbourne docks, loading and unloading, taking shifts as they come up. But his real work is on the streets. He’s in and out of police stations and courts giving character statements and providing support, working to give the disaffected another chance. And all the while, in the background is the memory of another fighter, his mother—and her devastating decline into madness. The Fighter is a moving and poetic portrait of a compassionate man, but also a window onto the unnoticed recesses of Melbourne. Arnold Zable is a highly acclaimed novelist, storyteller, educator and human rights advocate. His books include Jewels and Ashes, The Fig Tree, Café Scheherazade, Scraps of Heaven, Sea of Many Returns and Violin Lessons. He lives in Melbourne. ‘Written in Zable’s lyrical style, The Fighter reads like a novel. The text provides many aesthetic pleasures; it also has heart and soul. This is an excellent addition to the literature on the survivors of war, focussing on the grief their families inherit.’ Books + Publishing ‘A master storyteller.’ Australian Book Review ‘His ability to see the beauty in the ordinary in a world obsessed with the extraordinary informs every aspect of Zable’s writing.’ Australian ‘Arnold Zable is a writer who turns the unnoticed and the overlooked into something fine and lustrous.’ Courier-Mail ‘Arnold Zable is a long-distance athlete among novelists, and his command of his material is superb...Years of reflection and his own life experiences have contributed to the mastery with which Zable explores the themes of displacement, loss, nostalgia and homecoming in all of his books.’ Canberra Times ‘Arnold Zable performs his own masterclass in literary shadowboxing in The Fighter...[He] has a superb eye for detail and it serves the narrative exceptionally well...Zable channels the story of an ordinary man, a good man, who, to this day, is still winning on points.’ Saturday Paper ‘[Zable] takes the art of the novel—the attention to tone, rhythm and perspective—and applies it to the true story of Nissen...This book is about more [than boxing]: endeavor, belonging and redemption...It’s also about Melbourne, its light and shade, and the people who fall between the cracks and the ones who survive.’ Herald Sun ‘A poignant tale of fortitude, love and sorrow...Arnold Zable draws an evocative portrait of post-war Carlton, underpinning his story of the compassionate man and the forces that moulded him.’ Chronicle ‘A truly inspiring slice-of-life tale...[Zable] skilfully peels back the layers of Henry’s troubled mum Sonia and the effect it has had on the family.’ Adelaide Advertiser ‘Nissen is an unlikely hero, and Zable recreates his world with the utmost respect...The Fighter is an autumnal book, with leaves of many colours and limbs heavy with fruit. It offers a rich sense of the ways in which pain can mellow and create community.’ Australian Book Review ‘A study of loss, memory and displacement embodied in the lives of the previous generation, the refugees from Nazism and the war in Europe...In Zable’s sensitive hands, each individual story of survival belongs to all.’ Australian ‘The Fighter does not merely echo the slang of Melbourne’s once mean, working-class streets or the cries and clangs of its equally mean docks, but it also utterly inhabits its protagonist’s voice and perspective. This book is an intriguing, compelling, moving and lyrical hybrid between memoir and fiction, just like the many lives of its subject, Henry Nissen. Boxer, dock worker, social worker, son, brother, husband and father, Jew and Australian, Nissen’s life story is, literally, stranger than fiction — and more heart-breaking and inspiring than any novel could ever imagine. Zable unflinchingly tells Nissen’s inspiring and affecting story. In vivid, evocative prose he celebrates not only Nissen’s many unprecedented achievements in the boxing ring and his tireless, selfless work with Melbourne’s most desperate, but also the achievements of his family, friends, and community. Skilfully juxtaposing the intersections between boxing, fighting and survival, good luck and bad, sanity and madness, this sensitively written book is ultimately a paean of hope and dignity, generosity and optimism, courage and love.’ Judges’ comments NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
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Author : Albert Payson Terhune
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-10-13
The Fighter written by Albert Payson Terhune and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-13 with Fiction categories.
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
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Author : Albert Payson Terhune
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-12
The Fighter Classic Reprint written by Albert Payson Terhune and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-12 with categories.
Excerpt from The Fighter The Fighter was written by Albert Payson Terhune. This is a 373 page book, containing 95470 words and 2 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Author : Albert Payson Terhune
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2022-01-17
The Fighter written by Albert Payson Terhune and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-17 with History categories.
This novel is about boxing and about the story of a man called Caled Conover. Caleb's day job was the President of the C. G. & X. Railroad. His real passion and the thing he is made to do is fighting.
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Author : Tim Parks
language : en
Publisher: Harvill Press
Release Date : 2007
The Fighter written by Tim Parks and has been published by Harvill Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Literary Collections categories.
One of Britain's outstanding novelists, Tim Parks has also published two acclaimed essay collections, Adultery and Other Diversions and Hell and Back. This new volume finds him as provocative and entertaining as ever. The title piece addresses D.H. Lawrence's fundamental belligerence and how all the significant relationships in his life, including those with his readers and critics, were characterized by intense intimacy and ferocious conflict. Elsewhere there are literary essays on tension and conflict in the work of Beckett and Hardy, Bernhard and Dostoevsky, amongst others. Parks is also known for his acerbic chronicles of Italian life and here are essays on Mussolini, Macchiavelli and the Medici. Besides discussing questions of history, politics and literature, The Fighter also takes on the serious issue of World Cup football.