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Feb 12, 2017 · Fat City - Leonard Gardner BOOK REVIEW. BUY HERE http://amzn.to/2lF79py Private Vlog/support / booksarebetterthanfood Playlist https://open.spotify.com/user/1218709... You can find me here...
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"Fat City" is a novel by Leonard Gardner, published in 1969. The novel takes place in Stockton, California, and follows the lives of two boxers, Billy Tully ...
Peter Maravelis (Events Director, City Lights Booksellers) talks about Fat City, by Leonard Gardner. Published in 1969 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux - it is con...
Fat City is, on the surface, the braided narratives of two boxers in Stockton, California: Ernie Munger, an 18-year-old greenhorn who hopes his natural talent will lead to a professional career, and Billy Tully, a worn-out 29-year-old whose glory days are behind him.
Feb 6, 2019 · Fat City, by Leonard Gardner, upends the triumphalist clichés of boxing stories, in which a palooka from nowhere overcomes all obstacles through fierce dedication and hard work and wins the title. To say that Fat City is about boxing would be like saying that In Search of Lost Time is about parties in Paris or Moby-Dick is about whaling.
Fat City is a novel by Leonard Gardner published in 1969. It is his only novel. Its prestige has grown since its publication, due to critical acclaim from Joan Didion and Walker Percy , among others.
“Fat City” is old slang for prosperity and advantage—the good life. If you’re in Fat City, you’re in luck.
