The Fighter: A True Story by Arnold Zable

The Fighter: A True Story by Arnold Zable

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781925355062
Author: Arnold Zable
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Text Publishing
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2016
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page.

Henry Nissen was a champion boxer, the boy from Amess Street in working-class Carlton who fought his way up to beat some of the world's best in the 1970s. Now, he works on the Melbourne docks, loading and unloading, taking shifts as they come up. But his real work is on the streets.

He's in and out of police stations and courts, giving character statements and providing support, working to give the disaffected another chance. All the while, in the background, is the memory of another fighter, his mother, and her devastating decline into madness.

The Fighter is a moving and poetic portrait of a compassionate man, but also a window onto the unnoticed recesses of Melbourne. (back cover)

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