Bibliograph

Shadowboxing, Tony Birch

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Shadowboxing, Tony Birch

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Shadowboxing

Oclc number

433975970

Responsibility statement

Tony Birch

Summary

Shadowboxing is a collection of ten linked stories in the life of a boy growing up in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy in the 1960s. A beautifully rendered time capsule, it captures a period of decay, turmoil and change through innocent, unblinking eyes. Michaels family, led by his long-suffering mother, live as though under siege, surviving his fathers drinking and rage as well as the forces of urban renewal. Their neighbourhood is a world of simple pleasures as well as random brutality; of family life and love as well as violence and tragedy. As Michael experiences all this with a combination of wonder and fear, he matures into a sensitive adult who can forgive but never forget. Shadowboxing is a riveting story of loss and permanence, power and weakness, stoicism and resistance

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