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The Fighter

The Fighter

The Fighter
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The Fighter Hardback - 2018

by Smith, Michael Farris

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Little, Brown and Company, 2018-03-20. hardcover. New. 5x1x8.
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  • Title The Fighter
  • Author Smith, Michael Farris
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little, Brown and Company
  • Publication date 2018-03-20
  • Bookseller's Inventory # box23fighter
  • ISBN 9780316432344 / 0316432342
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.63 x 5.88 x 1 in (21.92 x 14.94 x 2.54 cm)
  • Size 5x1x8
  • Reading level 920
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Boxers (Sports), Gamblers
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017947149
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

Now a major motion picture and titled for the screen as RUMBLE THROUGH THE DARK; a blistering tale 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.

About the author

Michael Farris Smith is the author of The Fighter, Desperation Road, Rivers, and The Hands of Strangers. His novels have appeared on Best of the Year lists with Esquire, Southern Living, Book Riot, and numerous others, and have been named Indie Next List, Barnes & Noble Discover, and Amazon Best of the Month selections. He has been a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, the Gold Dagger Award in the UK, and the Grand Prix des Lectrices in France, and his essays have appeared with The New York Times, Bitter Southerner, Writer's Bone, and more. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife and two daughters.
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