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| Title | : | The Fallow Season of Hugo Hunter |
| Author | : | Craig Lancaster |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 298 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2014 by Lake Union Publishing |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Sports |
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From the bestselling author of 600 Hours of Edward comes the story of a boxer and a sportswriter whose fates are inextricably linked.
Hugo Hunter, a would-be champion who never quite made it, is on his last legs. Thirty-seven years old, soft around the middle, and broke, he’s plummeted from his glory days of title fights to small-time bouts against brawlers and punks. Watching ringside for nearly twenty years has been Mark Westerly, a sportswriter who has struggled to keep a professional distance from the man whose life and career have become enmeshed with his own tumultuous trajectory. Hugo and Mark share a history that runs deep and has at times gotten ugly. As Hugo lands on the ropes again, Mark steps in to try to save him—and unburdens himself of long-held secrets regarding Hugo’s past. But can these two men, who’ve lived so long under the weight of their own tragedies, finally help each other find redemption?
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| ISBN: | 1477825444 (ISBN13: 9781477825440) |
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Ratings: 3.7 From 893 Users | 80 ReviewsDiscuss Appertaining To Books The Fallow Season of Hugo Hunter
It's not just boxing. There's a love story.Welcome to Billings, Montana, where we step back in time sixty years. When the smokes were unfiltered Camels and boutique beer was just a bad joke. When men were men and women were bitter-sweet memories. For a while the only females in this story are Hugo's dead grandmother and Mark's long-gone ex-wife. Sixty years ago wasn't a great time for women. No wonder they didn't hang around.PLEASE keep reading. It's 2014 and everyone has cellphones. Washed-upI got this book because I so much enjoyed Mr. Lancaster's Edward books. This one is even better but I cannot figure out how to describe it. Yes, it is about boxing, my least favorite sport. But, no, it's not really about boxing. Well, I did learn something about boxing and sports writing. But that's beside the point. These people are so real and I cared so much about them and what was happening to them. Bravo, bravo, bravo.
"The last time I saw Hugo Hunter in the boxing ring was on a miserable Tuesday that pissed down freezing rain in Billings, Montana." That's how Craig Lancaster begins his latest novel, "The Fallow Season of Hugo Hunter." He pretty much tells the whole story right there in the first line, but, as a reader, you know pretty much that he's got you hooked and you are not going to be able to wriggle off the hook till he gets you to the bitter end of this terrific novel.Although the backdrop to this
3.5/5I liked this, but I'm mainly let down since I had expectations that this would be as good as the 'Edward' books. It's a quick easy read that becomes a page-turner, but I kept hoping it would be elevated to the standard I held from 600 Hours of Edward. A nice little surprise did make me smile, and I wonder where that could lead. I think also that maybe this could've worked better as a period piece, set back in a time of boxing's heyday, or even when newspaper print was king.
Loved this spin-off from Lancaster's Edward series [600 Hours of Edward]. This book was a read-aloud by my own personal audible.com, my wife Chris. We had some driving time on our trip back to the US in Nov.
This is really closer to 3.5 stars. So far the best Amazon Prime freebie I've downloaded (though this is not a super high bar to clear). Hugo and the Westerly character both get fleshed out fairly well. They are both flawed men, but they feel mostly sympathetic by the endIt is a mostly straightforward story. There are a few surprises, but only insofar as we don't know the specifics - it's clear from the outset that things have already gone wrong and are fixing to get worse.Ultimately it's the
Heartbreaking, uplifting, touching, and a few more adjectives I don't normally use. It was well worth my time, as it will be yours.It's about boxing like "Streetcar Named Desire" is about trollies.
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