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After the Lights Go Out de John Vercher

After the Lights Go Out

Autor John Vercher
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 iun 2022

Timpul se scurge. Memoria se șterge. Xavier „Scarecrow” Wallace nu luptă doar în cușca de MMA, ci și împotriva propriei minți care îl trădează. La peste treizeci de ani, această ultimă șansă de a atinge succesul este umbrită de un diagnostic devastator: demență pugilistică. Miza nu este doar gloria sportivă, ci însăși supraviețuirea sa într-o lume care nu iartă nicio slăbiciune. Suntem de părere că forța acestui roman rezidă în modul brutal în care John Vercher suprapune declinul fizic al fiului cu cel mental al tatălui, un bărbat alb măcinat de Alzheimer ale cărui confesiuni scot la iveală răni vechi și secrete de familie toxice. Ritmul este alert, sacadat, ca o serie de lovituri care nu îți permit să respiri. Merită menționat că autorul scrie cu precizia unui atlet, transformând fiecare pagină într-o rundă decisivă pentru identitatea rasială și morală a protagonistului. Dacă Turning the Page on Murder de Vanessa Westermann v-a captivat prin modul în care secretele de familie revin la suprafață pentru a bântui prezentul, această carte extinde experiența în direcția unui noir american visceral, unde misterul nu se rezolvă într-o librărie, ci prin sânge și alegeri imposibile sub presiunea mafiei pariurilor.

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ISBN-13: 9781641293310
ISBN-10: 1641293314
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 150 x 218 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: Soho Press

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Recomandăm această lectură celor care caută un roman polițist atipic, cu o încărcătură emoțională intensă. Veți descoperi o explorare dură a masculinității, a rasismului sistemic și a fragilității umane. Este o carte despre sacrificiu și despre ce rămâne dintr-un om atunci când amintirile și corpul încep să îl părăsească, oferind un portret psihologic memorabil în contextul violent al luptelor de contact.

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A harrowing and spellbinding story about family, the complications of mixed-race relationships, misplaced loyalties, and the price athletes pay to entertain-from the critically acclaimed author of Three-Fifths

Xavier "Scarecrow" Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. Xavier can no longer deny he is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or pugilistic dementia. Through the fog of memory loss, migraines, and paranoia, Xavier does his best to stay in shape by training at the Philadelphia gym owned by his cousin-cum-manager, Shot, a retired champion boxer to whom Xavier owes an unpayable debt.

Xavier makes ends meet while he waits for the call that will reinstate him after a year-long suspension by teaching youth classes at Shot's gym and by living rent-free in the house of his white father, whom Xavier was forced to commit to a nursing home. The progress of Sam Wallace's end-stage Alzheimer's has revealed his latent racism, and Xavier finally gains insight into why his Black mother left the family years ago.

Then Xavier is offered a chance at redemption: a last-minute high-profile comeback fight. If he can get himself back in the game, he'll be able to clear his name and begin to pay off Shot. With his memory in shreds and his life crumbling around him, can Xavier hold on to the focus he needs to survive? John Vercher, author of the Edgar and Anthony Award-nominated Three-Fifths, offers a gripping, psychologically astute, and explosive tour de force about race, entertainment, and healthcare in America, and about one man's battle against himself.

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" The latest novel from the CWA-shortlisted author of Three-Fifths - a Sunday Times, Guardian and Financial Times Book of the Year. 'Thrums with authenticity' - The Times 'Powerful, bruising and beautiful' - Chris Whitaker 'A bleak, brilliant slice of American noir' - Daily Mail 'John Vercher could well be the next great American novelist' - Kia Abdullah ''Shrewd and explosive' - New York Times 'Vercher writes with the intensity of championship round' - Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds 'A stunning, stone-cold knockout' - P. J. Vernon, author of Bath Haus 'Think Warrior by way of Fat City' - William Boyle, author of Shoot the Moonlight Out 'John Vercher writes like a fighter, a dancer, an athlete' - Wiley Cash, author of A Land More Kind than Home IT'S NOT A COMEBACK. IT'S A FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE. Xavier ""Scarecrow"" Wallace is a biracial Black MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, who's been given a last-ditch chance to break into the big leagues. He is also losing his battle with pugilistic dementia, a struggle he is desperate to hide. In the nursing home of his father, a white man suffering from Alzheimer's, Xavier witnesses shocking episodes that expose ugly truths about his family and his past. As the big fight draws near, Xavier is faced with a dangerous dilemma: throw his match or suffer the deadly consequences. "

Notă biografică

John Vercher lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons. He has a Bachelor’s in English from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA in Creative Writing from the Mountainview Master of Fine Arts program. He is a contributing writer for WBUR Boston’s Cognoscenti, and NPR features his essays on race, identity, and parenting. His debut novel, Three-Fifths, was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune, CrimeReads, and Booklist. It was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Strand Magazine Critics’ Awards for Best First Novel.