Fat City (California Fiction)
by Leonard Gardner
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Author: Leonard GardnerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-10-06
ISBN: 0520206576
Number of pages: 183
Publisher: University of California Press
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Book Review: The stunning story of two boxers in Northern California.
Summary: 5 Stars
FAT CITY is a spare and stunning song-of-a-book about the small victories and epic desperations of two boxers in Northern California. Set in the 1960s, the story turns alternately from one boxer to another, from the fields in which they labor to the rings in which they fight, from the bars in which they talk and drink to the beds in which they sleep. Gardner writes of the hopes and hardships of the two men with a gritty and pithy elegance of the highest degree. And he punctuates the highs and lows of the mens' lives with simple and profound insights presented with the breathtaking rhythm and timing of a boxer. This is a sad and beautiful novel.
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