The Abysmal Brute
by Jack London
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A breezy tale showing the crookedness of the methods of prize-ring managers specially in fleecing the prize-ring public in betting. The hero is a successful young giant who has been trained by his father in the mountains, and who thinks the game is played square until enlightened by a young woman reporter. Then follows a whirlwind wooing, exposing of the frauds and retirement.Tags
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anonymous user The other great boxing tale by Jack London. Strikingly different in every aspect.
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Pat Glendon is a natural man caught up in the corrupt world of boxing. A young reporter (female) enters his life and opens his eyes to the corruption he has missed. Pat fights one last bout, tells the world of the flaws of boxing, and then moves back into the wilds to live with his lady love. Tarzan/Jane a bit; a precursor to the Natural by Malamud, a return to Eden. Mostly great boxing fight scenes. Not really a book, far closer to a short story or maybe a novella. Set in SF. Pleasant enough
(I didn't read the Swedish version, but it was the only version with a picture on the cover.)
(I didn't read the Swedish version, but it was the only version with a picture on the cover.)
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One of the pioneers of 20th century American literature, Jack London specialized in tales of adventure inspired by his own experiences. London was born in San Francisco in 1876. At 14, he quit school and became an "oyster pirate," robbing oyster beds to sell his booty to the bars and restaurants in Oakland. Later, he turned on his pirate show more associates and joined the local Fish Patrol, resulting in some hair-raising waterfront battles. Other youthful activities included sailing on a seal-hunting ship, traveling the United States as a railroad tramp, a jail term for vagrancy and a hazardous winter in the Klondike during the 1897 gold rush. Those experiences converted him to socialism, as he educated himself through prolific reading and began to write fiction. After a struggling apprenticeship, London hit literary paydirt by combining memories of his adventures with Darwinian and Spencerian evolutionary theory, the Nietzchean concept of the "superman" and a Kipling-influenced narrative style. "The Son of the Wolf"(1900) was his first popular success, followed by 'The Call of the Wild" (1903), "The Sea-Wolf" (1904) and "White Fang" (1906). He also wrote nonfiction, including reportage of the Russo-Japanese War and Mexican revolution, as well as "The Cruise of the Snark" (1911), an account of an eventful South Pacific sea voyage with his wife, Charmian, and a rather motley crew. London's body broke down prematurely from his rugged lifestyle and hard drinking, and he died of uremic poisoning - possibly helped along by a morphine overdose - at his California ranch in 1916. Though his massive output is uneven, his best works - particularly "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang" - have endured because of their rich subject matter and vigorous prose. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Abysmal Brute
- Original publication date
- 1911 (magazine) (magazine); 1912 (book) (book)
- People/Characters
- Pat Glendon; Sam Stubener; Pat Glendon Jr.
- Important places
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Related movies
- Abysmal Brute (1923 | IMDb); Conflict (1936 | IMDb)
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- Languages
- 5 — Czech, English, Norwegian (Bokmål), Portuguese, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 25
- ASINs
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