The Dog Fighter - Softcover

Mark Bojanowski

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715635271 ISBN 13: 9780715635278

Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Told through the searing voice of its unnamed narrator, "The Dog Fighter" is the story of a disillusioned young man who finds love in the dark world where men fight dogs and only the rich men win. A young man drifts through the badlands of California and Mexico following the death of his mother. After landing in a remote city in Baja, the protagonist is lured into an exclusive society where men stand face-to-face with dogs in a makeshift ring to fight them for money and fame. With an uncommon display of strength, skill and fearlessness, he gains notoriety overnight. Written in a voice that is at once haunting, lyrical and immensely powerful, "The Dog Fighter" heralds the arrival of a brilliant young writer.

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Review:

"'The Dog Fighter is the most exciting debut I have read by an American writer since Geoffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides. It is a remarkable achievement.' Geoff Dyer 'One hand hovering over his holster, ready to draw, is Mark Bojanowski... His writing style is tough, earthy and natural... but he has an awkward, almost naive elegance' Esquire"

From the Back Cover:

The anonymous narrator of this remarkable novel is a young drifter in search of his future. The son of a passionate beauty and gentle doctor, he roams the border between the United States and Mexico, eventually settling in a sleepy Baja town on the verge of transformation.

Here he learns to stand face-to-face with dogs in a makeshift ring, to fight for money and fame, and becomes involved with a powerful and corrupt entrepreneur. But when he finds friendship with a revolutionary old poet and love with a beautiful, innocent girl, everything changes. Caught between the ways of his past and the dreams of his future, he must make a devastating choice that could cost him everything.

Written with bold lyricism and magical flair, The Dog Fighter is an exhilarating tale of brutality and violence, love and wisdom, heartbreak and redemption.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0715635271
• ISBN 13: 9780715635278
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304