‘... Bojanowski’s narrator ... is one of the most profoundly felt characters in recent fiction. Seeing his world, through his eyes, will change the way you look at ours’’ Dale Peck
‘the most exciting debut I have read by an American writer since Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Virgin Suicides. It is a remarkable achievement’’ Geoff Dyer
Told through the searing voice of its unnamed narrator, The Dog Fighter is the story of a young man drifting through the badlands of California and Mexico following the death of his mother. After landing in a remote city in Baja, he is lured into an exclusive society where men stand face to face with dogs in a makeshift ring to fight them for money and fame. With an uncommon display of strength, skill and fearlessness, he gains notoriety overnight. When he falls in love with the beautiful mistress of the townís most feared businessman, he ignites a dangerous combination of jealousy, greed, lust and betrayal that culminates in a fight not only for his life but for the future of the city.
