ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1963
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Harold Robbins - A Stone for Danny Fisher
Corgi, 1963
349 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro

Corgi Books FN1162

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. Facing poverty and daily encounters with his violent, anti-Semitic neighbors, Danny must fight both inside and outside the ring just to survive.

As his boxing becomes legendary in the city`s seedy underworld, packed with wiseguys and loose women, everyone seems to want a hand in Danny`s success. Robbins`s colorful, fast-talking characters evoke the rough streets of Depression-era New York City. Ronnie, a prostitute ashamed of how far she`s fallen and desperately in need of friendship; Sam, a slick bookie who wants to profit from Danny`s boxing talent; and Nellie, a beautiful but lonely girl who refuses to believe Danny is beyond redemption -- each of whom has a different vision of Danny`s future -- will help steer his rocky course.

Gritty, compelling, and groundbreaking for its time, A Stone for Danny Fisher is a tale of ambition, hope, and violence set in a distinct and dangerous period of American history. A classic, sexy bestseller by Harold Robbins, reintroduced to a whole new generation of readers.


Fiction, Classics