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Book Club: 'Headshot,' by Rita Bullwinkel

Book Club: 'Headshot,' by Rita Bullwinkel

FromThe Book Review


Book Club: 'Headshot,' by Rita Bullwinkel

FromThe Book Review

ratings:
Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Jun 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Rita Bullwinkel’s impressive debut novel, “Headshot,” follows eight teenagers fighting in the Daughters of America Cup, a youth women’s boxing tournament staged in a dilapidated gym in Reno. Each chapter details a match between fighters, bout after bout, until finally a champion is declared.We are thrown into the high-octane theater of each fight, as the boxers work to defeat their opponents. But we also explore each girl’s life, with flashes into the past and the future and into the girls’ minds as they reckon with their intense desires to make something of themselves.In this week’s episode, the Book Review’s MJ Franklin discusses the book with his colleagues Joumana Khatib and Lauren Christensen. Caution: Spoilers abound.
Released:
Jun 28, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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The world's top authors and critics join host Pamela Paul and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world.