Faber & Faber

The Pugilist at Rest: Thom Jones

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Synopsis:

Thom Jones's magnificent first collection of stories presents a brutal vision of the human condition, in a world without mercy or redemption. The Pugilist at Rest gives us an America of Vietnam vets and ex-boxers, of bitter lovers in trailer parks, of lives passing in brilliant epileptic flickers.

'Thom Jones has stormed the scene like an angry doberman at a garden party. He is shocking, he is gorgeous . . . A voice so relentless and felonious at once that you ought to need a permit to carry it.' Boston Globe

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Categorised as:

Fiction

Sub-categories:

Short Stories

Genres & Themes:

American Fiction; Conflict; Human Condition; Vietnam