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A twenty-one-year-old professional boxer won his debut with a first-round knockout but has since lost three and drawn one. He thinks far too much, about blows that could have connected and drills that could have made the difference, and he is tired of his own weakness and of his life. Knocked out and sent for a brain scan, he half hopes a small bleed will push him into some other life. Abandoned by the trainer he has had for years, he starts working with Umekichi, an oddball still boxing himself and new to coaching. At first he keeps him at arm's length, bins the lunches Umekichi packs for him and talks back, but little by little he lets him in.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

140 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age (assigned by AI)

Set in

Japan

First published

2018 by Shinchosha

Author's age

35 when first published

ISBN

9784103522713 (original)