Bruise

Disponibilité:
Ebook en format EPUB. Disponible pour téléchargement immédiat après la commande.

Protection:
Filigrane

Année de parution:
2024

ISBN-13: 9781990071102

<p><b><i>An understated but fierce novel of family, sport and growing up, Adrian Markle&#8217;s debut tells the story of an injured MMA fighter who returns to his coastal hometown.</i></b></p><p>Arriving on the Greyhound, six months late for his father&#8217;s funeral, Jamie Stuart is injured but unwilling to declare himself retired from the MMA fighting career that has kept him away from his coastal hometown since he was a teenager. His attempts to reconnect with his now-alcoholic older brother, Sid, are thwarted both by Sid&#8217;s mysterious disappearances from the house and his unwillingness to discuss the death of their younger brother fifteen years earlier.</p><p>In the absence of the training schedule that has governed his adult life so far, Jamie sinks into a routine of drinking with Sid and arguing with the regulars at the bar owned by his high-school crush. Then, when he&#8217;s at his lowest, he is handed an opportunity that offers the money and security he needs. But with it comes the risk of Jamie never finding his way back out.</p><p>Set on quiet streets and beaches choked with childhood memories, haunted by the highs of an international athletic career cut short, <i>Bruise</i> is an understated but fierce novel of family, sport, homecomings, and growing up.</p>