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Headshot

By Rita Bullwinkel

Headshot

By Rita Bullwinkel

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FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024 Named a Best Book of 2024 by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, Elle, Vulture, Lit Hub, and The Guardian “Make room, American fiction, for a meaningful new voice.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical intimacy of physical competition An unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family’s unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this blistering debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country. Through a series of face-offs that are raw, ecstatic, and punctuated by flashes of humor and tenderness, prizewinning writer Rita Bullwinkel animates the competitors’ pasts and futures as they summon the emotion, imagination, and force of will required to win. Frenetic, surprising, and strikingly original, Headshot is a portrait of the desire, envy, perfectionism, madness, and sheer physical pleasure that motivate young women to fight—even, and perhaps especially, when no one else is watching.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
226
Release Date:
2025-03-11
Publication Date:
2025-03-11
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0593654129
ISBN13:
9780593654125
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
248 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
193 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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