A Blow to the Heart

A Blow to the Heart

by Marcel Theroux (Author)

Synopsis

The violent death of Daisy's husband leaves her a widow at 32, obliterating everything she has lived for. As she struggles to build a new life, a chance encounter with her husband's killer becomes the starting point of a journey into obsessive hatred. Daisy stalks the man, a small-time criminal and boxer called Joel Heath and pursues him in secret into the twilight world of professional boxing. She befriends Tate, a boxing has been, and his deaf protege Isaac, in order to strike back at Heath. But Isaac's disability and his once-in-a-lifetime talent present Daisy with harder choices and more dangerous opponents than she could ever have imagined. This taut intelligent book is a thriller with a brain and a heart.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 06 Jul 2006

ISBN 10: 0571229514
ISBN 13: 9780571229512
Book Overview: A Blow to the Heart by Marcel Theroux is a taut, intelligent thriller - a book with a brain and a heart.

Media Reviews
'Exquisitely calculated. Very satisfying.' John Lanchester
Author Bio
Marcel Theroux is a novelist and broadcaster. He recently fronted a channel 4 documentary about Climate. His second novel, THE PAPERCHASE, won the Somerset Maugham award.