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Jack Munday has been fighting all his life. His early memories are from the boxing ring, but since then he has grown numb; scarred by his bullying father and haunted by the tragic fate of his first love. Caught up in the austerity of post-war London, Jack is now a grafting boxing manager in search of a break. The old haunts of Peckham and Camberwell are an unwelcome reminder of his oppressive past; so too is the crumbling family home he still shares with his invalid sister, Pearl. So when hope and ambition appear in the form of Frank, a young boxer with a winning prospect, and Georgie, a new girl who can match him step for step, Jack seizes his chance for a better future. But he still has to overcome his past. Inspired by the author's boxing grandfather, the novel is at once a startlingly poignant exploration of love and family loyalty, and a proud evocation of the strength of relationships formed in a violent, ambitious, male-dominated world.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Historical fiction

• Full title: Longest Fight
• Author: Emily Bullock
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9781908434531
• ISBN: 1908434538
• ID: 05028898
• Publisher: Myriad Editions
• Weight: 302 g
• Dimensions: 201 × 130 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. February 2015

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