Fighter

Craig Davidson

ISBN 10: 1569474656 / ISBN 13: 9781569474655

Published by Soho Press, 2007

Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1569474656I4N01

Synopsis:

Paul Harris leads a sheltered life. The son of a wealthy southern Ontario winery owner, his suits and cars are paid for, his career in the family business assured. But after a vicious beating shakes his world, he descends into the realm of hardcore bodybuilders and boxing gyms, reveling in suffering and seeking to become a real man.
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 for the better. But he struggles under the weight of their expectations, afraid of his own ability to inflict pain and of ending up a washed-up and damaged old fighter.
Their disparate paths lead to The Barn, an underground bare-knuckle fight venue where vicious and hopeless men brawl for cold hard cash. No rules, no limits. When two fighters step into a ring where anything goes, sometimes only one walks out.

Review: ‘This gripping novel sees two men dive perilously into a violent underworld – a world that very quickly threatens to rip them both apart’ Maxim

‘Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk and Irvine Welsh all rave about Davidson, with good reason. The Fighter is a brutally honest and explosively powerful novel. Examining masculinity in a startling way with visceral prose, it’s truly remarkable writing’ Big Issue

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fighter
Publisher: Soho Press
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket