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A Blow to the Heart
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A Blow to the Heart
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Marcel Theroux
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:224 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 135 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780571229512
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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| Edition |
Main
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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| Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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| Publication Date |
6 July 2006 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The violent death of Daisy's husband leaves her a widow at 32, obliterating everything she has lived for. As she struggles to build a new life, a chance encounter with her husband's killer becomes the starting point of a journey into obsessive hatred. Daisy stalks the man, a small-time criminal and boxer called Joel Heath and pursues him in secret into the twilight world of professional boxing. She befriends Tate, a boxing has-been, and his deaf protege Isaac, in order to strike back at Heath. But Isaac's disability and his once-in-a-lifetime talent present Daisy with harder choices and more dangerous opponents than she could ever have imagined. This taut intelligent book is a thriller with a brain and a heart.
Author Biography
Marcel Theroux is a novelist and broadcaster. He recently fronted a channel 4 documentary about Climate. His second novel, The Paperchase, won the Somerset Maugham award.
Reviews"'Exquisitely calculated. Very satisfying.' John Lanchester"
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