Dog Fighter

<p>A stunning novel set in 1940s Mexico about a young man who becomes involved in a brutally violent spectator sport and must choose his loyalties in the fight for a city's future.</p><p>The anonymous narrator of this remarkable novel is a young drifter in search of his future. The son of a passionate beauty and gentle doctor he roams the border between the United States and Mexico eventually settling in a sleepy Baja town on the verge of transformation.</p><p>Here he learns to stand face-to-face with dogs in a makeshift ring to fight for money and fame and becomes involved with a powerful and corrupt entrepreneur. But when he finds friendship with a revolutionary old poet and love with a beautiful innocent girl everything changes. Caught between the ways of his past and the dreams of his future he must make a devastating choice that could cost him everything.</p><p>Written with bold lyricism and magical flair <em> The Dog Fighter</em> is an exhilarating tale of brutality and violence love and wisdom heartbreak and redemption.</p>