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Fight Song

by Mohr, Joshua
Fight Song

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ISBN13: 9781593765088
ISBN10: 1593765088
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When his bicycle is intentionally run off the road by a neighbor's SUV, something snaps in Bob Coffin. Modern suburban life has been getting him down and this is the last straw. To avoid following in his own father's missteps, Bob is suddenly desperate to reconnect with his wife and his distant, distracted children. And he's looking for any guidance he can get.

Bob Coffin soon learns that the wisest words come from the most unexpected places, from characters that are always more than what they appear to be: a magician/marriage counselor, a fast-food drive-thru attendant/phone-sex operator, and a janitor/guitarist of a French KISS cover band. Can these disparate voices inspire Bob to fight for his family? To fight for his place in the world?

A call-to-arms for those who have ever felt beaten down by life, Fight Song is a quest for happiness in a world in which we are increasingly losing control. It is the exciting new novel by one of the most surprising and original writers of his generation.

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"It's hard to believe a suburban fathers desperate quest to turn his life around could be so much fun, but that's exactly how readers are likely to react to Fight Song...a brisk, contemporary Odyssey with Cyclops and the sirens replaced by a cast of characters including a crying magician, who doubles as a marriage counselor and a bodybuilding fast-food worker who moonlights as a phone-sex operator. Mohr...brings a dollop of David Sedaris-like humor to the pathos. While irreverent, he gets to the heart of real emotion with bracing frankness....It's a surprisingly sweet, rollicking tribute to anyone who's ever needed a fight song to fight back." Booklist

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"Mohr has a clever imagination, and this book...hinges on some universal issues, namely Bob's struggles to rekindle his romance, recapture his creativity, and regain control of his life. To the book's credit, Mohr never loses the story's emotional heart." Kirkus Reviews

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"With his fourth novel, Joshua Mohr pushes himself into bold new territory and doesn't skip a beat. Fight Song is a whimsical, madcap, delightfully depraved fable for our age." Jonathan Evison

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"Bob Coffen of Joshua Mohr's Fight Song is among the most vivid characters I've encountered in recent fiction. He's a man so alive on the page, funny, self-depreciating, confused. We can all relate. As much love song as fight song, I found myself rooting for Coffen on every page of this surprising and poignant book." Peter Orner

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"A wry, intelligent, and sublimely funny novel, Fight Song answers Big Questions while keeping the reader entirely absorbed and thoroughly entertained." Patrick deWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers

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"A Generation X call-to-arms about facing mid-life on our own terms with the unique heart that beats inside us all . . . Poignant, honest, and funny as hell." --The Huffington Post

When his bicycle is intentionally run off the road by a neighbor's SUV, something snaps in Bob Coffin. Modern suburban life has been getting him down and this is the last straw. To avoid following in his own father's missteps, Bob is suddenly desperate to reconnect with his wife and his distant, distracted children. And he's looking for any guidance he can get.

Bob soon learns that the wisest words come from the most unexpected places, from characters that are always more than what they appear to be: a magician/marriage counselor, a fast-food drive-thru attendant/phone-sex operator, and a janitor/guitarist of a French KISS cover band. Can these disparate voices inspire Bob to fight for his family? To fight for his place in the world?

A call-to-arms for those who have ever felt beaten down by life, Fight Song is a quest for happiness in a world in which we are increasingly losing control. It is an exciting novel by one of the most surprising and original writers of his generation.

"A whimsical, madcap, delightfully depraved fable for our age." --Jonathan Evison, New York Times bestselling author

"For its irreverent beat, relentless energy, and sharp, funny characters, Fight Song may as well be titled Battle Cry." --The Rumpus

"Mohr . . . brings a dollop of David Sedaris-like humor to the pathos . . . It's a surprisingly sweet, rollicking tribute to anyone who's ever needed a fight song to fight back." --Booklist


About the Author

Joshua Mohr is the author of the novels Termite Parade (a New York Times Book Review Editors Choice selection), Some Things that Meant the World to Me (one of O Magazine's Top 10 reads of 2009 and a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller), and Damascus, published in the fall of 2011 to much critical acclaim. Mohr teaches in the MFA program at the University of San Francisco.

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Myron , March 02, 2013 (view all comments by Myron)
Joshua Mohr does it again with this wonderful book. He introduces us to a wide array of characters from a Kiss tribute band that covers Kiss songs in French to a drive thru restaurant sex operator. You will not be disappointed with this book!

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781593765088
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
02/12/2013
Publisher:
Soft Skull
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None
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Height:
.80IN
Width:
5.40IN
Thickness:
.75
LCCN:
2012040730
Author:
Joshua Mohr
Author:
Joshua Mohr
Subject:
Literature-A to Z

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