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Champion of the World

By Chad Dundas

Champion of the World Historical Fiction

Champion of the World

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A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year In this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift in a place where everyone has something to hide and not even the fights can be taken at face value. Late summer, 1921: Disgraced former lightweight champion Pepper Van Dean has spent the past two years on the carnival circuit performing the dangerous "hangman's drop" and taking on all comers in nightly challenge bouts. But when he and his cardsharp wife, Moira, are marooned in the wilds of Oregon, Pepper accepts an offer to return to the world of wrestling as a trainer for Garfield Taft, a down-and-out African American heavyweight contender in search of a comeback and a shot at the world title. At the training camp in rural Montana, Pepper and Moira soon realize that nothing is what it seems: not Taft, the upcoming match, or the training facility itself. With nowhere to go and no options left, Pepper and Moira must carefully navigate the world of gangsters, bootlegging, and fixed competitions, in the hope that they can carve out a viable future. A story of second chances and a sport at the cusp of major change, Champion of the World is a wonderful historical debut from a new talent in fiction.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
498
Release Date:
2019-12-10
Publication Date:
2019-12-10
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0399573801
ISBN13:
9780399573804
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
603 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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