The fighter : a novel
(Book)
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
ISBN
9780316432344, 0316432342
Lexile measure
920L
Status
Oak Brook Public Library - Fiction
SMITH
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SMITH
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult Fiction | FIC Smith, Michael | On Shelf |
Bensenville Community Public Library District - Fiction | SMITH | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780316432344, 0316432342
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5.9, 10 Points
Level 5.9, 10 Points
Lexile measure
920
Notes
Description
"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."--Amazon.com.
Target Audience
920L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Smith, M. F. 1. (2018). The fighter: a novel (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Michael F. 1970-. 2018. The Fighter: A Novel. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Smith, Michael F. 1970-. The Fighter: A Novel Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Smith, Michael F. 1970-. The Fighter: A Novel First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
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