Description
A second-rate boxer’s life is thrown off course when a bad foul costs him his licence, setting in motion a downward spiral that turns ambition into obsession and sport into tragedy. Set against the gritty realities of working-class existence, the novel explores how pride, reputation, and economic pressure can narrow a man’s choices until there seems to be no way back. With Berry’s characteristic focus on interior thought and the lived texture of everyday life in the industrial Rhondda, the story becomes a sharp study of social change, communal decline, and the fragile resilience of those trying to make a living by their wits. Written in a voice shaped by Berry’s own background in mining and boxing, the book delivers a tense, human drama that lingers long after the final bell.
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Published Jan 1, 1966
208 pages
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First Published
1966
Language
eng
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