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Author: Steven Heighton Publisher: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0307369471 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 427
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Steven Heighton is already recognized as one of the best writers to come to the fore in the nineties, a winner of numerous literary awards, whose work is widely translated. In The Shadow Boxer, he delivers a stunning portrait of the artist in the tradition of such great tales as Jude the Obscure, Candide and even Don Quixote, and gives literary life to the Northern Ontario landscape of "the Soo", and the demanding, muscular life of Lake Superior where giant ore-barges make their way over the grave of The Edmund Fitzgerald. Intricately patterned and multi-layered, this is the story of Sevigne Torrins, poet and boxer, who sets off into the world to make it, and whose romantic and professional misadventures take him as far as Egypt before he finds his way back to the Great Lakes. But the classic writerly dream that Sevigne pursues turns out in practice to have a different and darker reality than any he had foreseen. A passionate love story, a gripping narrative, The Shadow Boxer is also about the power of dreams and regret. It heralds a major new Canadian novelist and a master storyteller.
Author: Steven Heighton Publisher: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0307369471 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 427
Book Description
Steven Heighton is already recognized as one of the best writers to come to the fore in the nineties, a winner of numerous literary awards, whose work is widely translated. In The Shadow Boxer, he delivers a stunning portrait of the artist in the tradition of such great tales as Jude the Obscure, Candide and even Don Quixote, and gives literary life to the Northern Ontario landscape of "the Soo", and the demanding, muscular life of Lake Superior where giant ore-barges make their way over the grave of The Edmund Fitzgerald. Intricately patterned and multi-layered, this is the story of Sevigne Torrins, poet and boxer, who sets off into the world to make it, and whose romantic and professional misadventures take him as far as Egypt before he finds his way back to the Great Lakes. But the classic writerly dream that Sevigne pursues turns out in practice to have a different and darker reality than any he had foreseen. A passionate love story, a gripping narrative, The Shadow Boxer is also about the power of dreams and regret. It heralds a major new Canadian novelist and a master storyteller.
Author: Chris Lynch Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442446889 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 188
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Boxing is the family sport—but it’s killing the family in this riveting read from the author of Inexcusable, a National Book Award finalist. It’s been five years since his father died, and fourteen-year-old George is the man of the family. He knows all too well how brutal the life of a fighter can be. Didn’t it kill his father? But Monty, George’s younger brother, has a completely different attitude. Boxing comes naturally to him. It’s in his blood. He thinks of it as his father’s legacy. Unless George figures out a way to stop it, will boxing kill Monty, too?
Author: Eddie Muller Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated ISBN: 9781587244186 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 398
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Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity Award-nominee Author. Billy is back on the beat for the San Francisco Inquirer. But his problems are hardly behind him. A man's in jail, accused of murder. But did he do it? By aiding a beguiling woman, Billy stumbles on evidence that could exonerate the defendant, who only months before was one of the town's top fight promoters. One big problem - the victim was Billy's secret lover, and he has no desire to help set her killer free. Once his reporter's instincts kick in, Billy can't let go of a twisted trail that leads from the Tenderloin fight clubs to the Hall of Justice. Clues are unveiled, allegiances formed, friendships betrayed. Billy wonders if he's nothing more than a shadow boxer futilely sparring with phantoms. And if he discovers the truth about the murder and the shocking facts behind it, will he come forward - or bury the evidence?
Author: Noel Behn Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 150403662X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 276
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A rogue spy weaves a deadly web of intrigue in this pulse-pounding World War II espionage thriller from the bestselling author of The Kremlin Letter. A man with many names moves through the shadows of war-torn Europe. Known to most as “the Shadowboxer,” he is a spy and an assassin, the scourge of the Nazi high command. Courageous and highly skilled, he sneaks in and out of the most heavily guarded concentration camps, liberating select prisoners. To those he sets free, the motives behind the Shadowboxer’s actions hardly matter. But leaders of the Third Reich and Soviet Intelligence officials are desperate to determine what game the lone wolf agent is playing, and what his missions mean for the fate of postwar Germany. In the high-stakes realm of international espionage, information is the most valuable prize of all, and no secrets are bigger than those kept by this mysterious operative. But when he discovers his role in a massive conspiracy that could cost the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers, the Shadowboxer has no choice but to step into the light. A powerful tale based in the grim realities of covert operations, The Shadowboxer brims with suspense and nonstop action. Intricately plotted and disturbingly authentic, it cements Noel Behn’s reputation as one of the twentieth century’s most original and convincing spy novelists.
Author: Steven Heighton Publisher: Turtleback Books ISBN: 9781417716944 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages :
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This is the story of Sevigne Torrins, poet and boxer, who sets out to make it in the world but whose sexual and professional misadventures take him from a demanding, muscular boyhood on the shores of Lake Superior to the trendy, bohemian life of Toronto and even to Egypt. In the tradition of such classics as LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL and JUDE THE OBSCURE, THE SHADOW BOXER is that rarest of contemporary performances, an ambitious, unabashedly romantic story about an exposed soul determined to live life to the hilt. Only a writer of Steven Heighton's extraordinary gifts could pull it off with such unsentimental passion and literary grace.
Author: Chris Lowry Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 699
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When the worlds luckiest hitman takes a jab at one of the most powerful bad men in the world, he becomes the hunted. Now he's on the run, hiding from the men who trained him how to kill. But there's a reason they call him The Shadowboxer. It's like chasing a shadow. Join Brill Wingfield in this massive collection of adventures as he eliminates bad men from the world stage. Grab your copy now and stay up all night swiping!
Author: C Lowry Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 9
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When a hit on a reclusive survivalist goes wrong, Brill discovers a doomsday bunker filled with evidence of a looming bioterror attack, and now he must stop a global catastrophe he was unknowingly hired to set in motion.
Author: C Lowry Publisher: Grand Ozarks Media ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 12
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Brill Wingfield is sent to assassinate a politician’s mistress, only to discover she’s an undercover agent with evidence of a vast human trafficking ring, forcing him to choose between his contract and his conscience.
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