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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?
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.
The Dynamic 2-5-14 Strategy to Defeat the Darkness Within "This book is for the tired, the defeated, the frustrated, and the ashamed. For the hurt and broken, those walking in powerlessness and fear. For all who have found truth but are failing miserably at living it. For those walking in bondage and limitations imposed by forces over which they seem to have no control. For those secretly wondering why their lives don't portray the overcoming reality God has purposed. For those to whom it seems a strong unseen hand holds them to a course they feel incapable of changing." (From Chaper 1) The 2-5-14 strategy gives answers to the 2 ways the enemy has access to your life, the 5 doors to legal ground that gives Satan his rights and the 14 spirits that are the roots of common human problems.
"Charismatic boxing columnist, Billy Nichols, 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."--Jacket.
Based on one of the greatest and most unusual love stories of the 20th century, this literary novel explores the life of Arthur Cravan--semi-professional boxer, influential art critic, legendary bon vivant, and nephew of Oscar Wilde.
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.
COMMENDED FOR THE 2011 KATE CHALLIS RAKA AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2006 QUEENSLAND PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS — AUSTRALIAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION Shadowboxing is a collection of ten linked stories in the life of a boy growing up in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy in the 1960s. A beautifully rendered time capsule, it captures a period of decay, turmoil, and change through innocent, unblinking eyes. Michael’s family, led by his long-suffering mother, live as though under siege, surviving his father’s drinking and rage as well as the forces of ‘urban renewal’. Their neighbourhood is a world of simple pleasures as well as random brutality; of family life and love as well as violence and tragedy. As Michael experiences all this with a combination of wonder and fear, he matures into a sensitive adult who can forgive but never forget. Shadowboxing is a riveting story of loss and permanence, power and weakness, stoicism and resistance. PRAISE FOR TONY BIRCH ‘Stunning series of linked stories about growing up in '60s Fitzroy.’ The Age ‘There's a Hemingwayesque minimalism about this writing, but in Hemingway the pathos was reined in more. In the 10 linked stories in Shadowboxing, the pathos is often barely contained and the effect is quite shattering ... Birch’s descriptions of the lower socio-economic world of inner Melbourne in the ‘60s are brilliant and he evokes, with a curious nostalgia, a claustrophobic world that anyone would be lucky to escape from unscathed. He has a great ability to pare down his prose, laying bare the raw flesh of the matter in the process. Despite their rigours, the stories are engaging, with flashes of larrikin humour. The book is even something of a page-turner at times, although the calamity of one page often leads only to heartbreak on the next.’ The Australian
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!
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.
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?
Decreed - The Shadowboxer Files by Chris Lowry Pdf
He woke up in a hospital with one memory. They thought he was dead. So the Shadowboxer did what he did best. Disappeared into the underworld as a gun for hire. Until one job. Kill a woman and her child. When he decides to save them instead of completing the mission, it puts him on the radar again. Now everybody wants all three of them gone forever and it's gonna take every skill he has to keep them safe. And escape. Fans of action packed page turners are going to enjoy this installment in the Shadowboxer files.
In The Dark - the Shadowboxer Files by Chris Lowry Pdf
They almost had him in Los Angeles. The world's luckiest hitman was laying low in the city of Angels, doing wet work for bad men by taking out guys who were worse. Until they found him. Now he's on the run again and hiding in the van life on the edge of a National Forest in the least populated state in the country. But he's not alone. A serial killer is stalking the woods, and Brill plans to take him out before the killer's actions draw the wrong kind of attention. Can a hitman help a small town cop stop the killer before he strikes again? Find out in this action packed installment of The Shadowboxer Files.
1948, San Francisco. Quelques mois après la disparition de Claire Escalante, Billy Nichols, le célèbre " Mister Boxe " du San Francisco Inquirer, n'a qu'une idée en tête : retrouver une vie normale. Mais certains secrets refusent d'être passés sous silence. Du fond de sa cellule, Burney Sanders clame sa version des faits et, pour mieux se faire entendre, menace Billy de révéler sa liaison avec Claire s'il refuse de faire la lumière sur la mystérieuse fondation du mont Davidson. A l'image des boxeurs qui cognent contre leur ombre, le " shadow boxer " Billy Nichols va devoir affronter des fantômes : investisseurs et avocats véreux, prétendus disparus, faiseuses d'anges. jusqu'aux siens, qui viennent hanter son sommeil. " Certains pourraient être tentés de croire que les matches sont truqués. Ils ont tort : c'est la vie qui est truquée ", écrit-il aux premiers jours de son enquête. Aux côtés de la sulfureuse Virginia Wagner, l'ancienne secrétaire de Sanders, Billy va devoir accepter de lâcher la plume pour rendre coup sur coup sur le ring de la vie
Sideways - The Shadowboxer Files by Chris Lowry Pdf
The Senator's daughter wanted to change the world. When she's kidnapped in Aleppo, the Senator calls in a favor. Brill Wingfield's mission is to find her. Save her. Keep her safe. But nothing is easy in a war zone with rebels and two armies hunting for a valuable pawn where the man sent to save her is one hundred percent expendable. It's a race for the border and relative safety. If they can survive that long. Fans of Lee Child and action packed adventure are going to enjoy this page turning installment in The Shadowboxer Files.
All my life I had to fight! From the moment I was conceived, I've been in a live boxing match taking hit after hit, blow after blow, knockout after knockout. After each round, I'd sit in my corner planning how to attack this next round. Believing there will be light at the end of the tunnel, I just needed to make it to the 12th round. Now, I'm here to share my truth, and tell my story. Come take a look into the life of a man who has lost so much, yet still is able to keep his head above water.
