A Stone for Danny Fisher Harold Robbins,
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 1416542841
DDC: 813.54
Edition: Paperback; 2007-08-07
Summary:
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.
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