A Stone for Danny Fisher
by Harold Robbins
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalcrimesportsunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeDark and intimate: a stirring novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
As a teenager, Danny Fisher had all he ever wanted a dog, a grown-up summer job, flirtatious relationships with older women and a talent for ruthless boxing that quickly made him a star in the amateur sporting world. But when Danny's family falls on hard times, moving from their comfortable home in Brooklyn to Manhattan's squalid Lower East Side, he is forced to leave his carefree childhood behind.
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- Author
- Harold Robbins
- Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 386
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- Open Library
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