The Dog Fighter: A Novel |
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| Authors: | Bojanowski, Marc |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC014000, FIC000000, FIC043000, FIC014050 |
| ISBN: | 9780062276209, Related ISBNs: 0062276204, 9780060597580, 9780062276209 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 304, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
The anonymous narrator of this remarkable debut 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.
The Dog Fighter is an exhilarating tale of brutality and violence, love and wisdom, heartbreak and redemption.
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