A fantastic book about fighting against the odds from the author of The Book Thief.
MARKUS ZUSAK's bestselling novel The Book Thief was originally published in the UK in 2007. It has since become a modern classic, published around the world and turned into a film. Markus Zusak lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two children.
Written with a spare, gritty authenticity, this is a compelling and
refreshingly brief novel by the author of the bestselling The Book
Thief.
*The Guardian*
Originally published in Zusak's native Australia three years before
the hugely successful The Book Thief hit these shores, Fighting
Ruben Wolfe is a lithe and affecting short novel about two brothers
who become lured into the seedy underbelly of an illegal boxing
ring in order to make some money to help out their parents. With
echoes of the vulnerable and questioning first person narrative of
The Outsiders, this is a fiery and ruminative novel for young
teenagers.
*The Bookseller*
Gritty novella about tough lives in tough neighbourhoods at tough
economic times. Short, sharp and punchy, it has moments of savage
humour and pure pathos. There's poetry in every life - even when
it's seeped in violence.
*bookbag.co.uk*
An impressive and heartwarming story of fraternal and familial
bonding.
*The Irish Times*
The novel is [...] a knockout
*The Irish Times*
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