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The details of the boxing life are gloomy, but they are not without grace and fine emotion. The main boxing trainer in this book,...more...]]> 52081227 2196231 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 4 0 false Thu Apr 09 11:22:29 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 23:30:32 -0700 2009 Fat City gives a portrait like that, only its characters each represent a stage in a certain kind of life. It is a novel of a time ...more...]]> 62786949 2504937 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 09 10:58:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 11:03:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 34238100 1366225 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 true Mon Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 1999 Tue Sep 30 17:54:42 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 17:59:23 -0700 2008 3 more...]]> 12660495 697057 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 4 0 false Wed Jan 16 08:18:05 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 08:18:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3290851 166687 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 4 0 false Wed May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 19 16:59:13 -0700 2007 Wed May 13 16:48:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 42281605 126378 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 4 0 false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 17:30:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 19:13:39 -0800 2009
A good, solid book. Had I not been continually interrupted, I would have easily read it in one sitting. Compelling characters, and a straightforward, no-frills kind of narrative voice that I always ...more...]]> 60675285 712006 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 4 0 false Mon Jun 22 13:52:04 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 10:39:40 -0700 2009
Billy Tully is almost comical in his innocence and misunderstanding of his own self. Yet, there is nobility in his emotions...or attem...more...]]> 79286209 21989 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 4 0 false Sun Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 08:22:22 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 08:04:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 63114006 146130 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 false Sat Jul 11 21:24:14 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 21:26:07 -0700 2009 63233028 1071491 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 false Sun Jul 12 21:42:30 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 21:49:00 -0700 2009 Story about a couple down and out boxers in Stockton, CA. Well crafted, quick read, movie is excellent as well.]]> 43431127 1865024 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 false Sat Jan 17 23:06:49 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 23:09:04 -0800 2009 9474472 237935 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 23 23:35:04 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 23:38:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 42118828 626088 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 12:18:54 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 21:18:36 -0800 2009 78197497 1649594 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 09:26:53 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 09:28:33 -0800 2009 70791796 1244504 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 0 0 false Thu Sep 10 19:28:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:28:00 -0700 2009 844720 66795 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 4 0 false Mon Apr 23 10:55:56 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 13 12:12:37 -0800 2007
"he felt the guilt of inaction, of simply waiting while his life went to waste. No one was worth the gift o...more...]]> 39709398 131602 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 12:58:45 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 11:15:54 -0800 2008 25138743 1227938 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 false Sun Jun 22 14:25:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 14:26:58 -0700 2008
Stunningly, this was the only novel Gardner wrote.

Again, an excellent book that just happens to ...more...]]> 9541726 618845 154869 0520206576 9780520206571 40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531m/154869.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223643531s/154869.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/154869.Fat_City 4.15 157 1969 5 0 false Sun Nov 25 21:51:30 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 25 21:58:37 -0800 2007
Essentially, it's a story of two boxers. One is young and on the rise, the other past his prime trying a 'comeback.' Two men on opposite ends of the spectrum, yet in the exact same place.

It's only the book Gardner ever wrote. ]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=154869