Wrestliana

Author: Toby Litt

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Price : 32.00 NZD
ISBN : 9781910296899
Publisher : Galley Beggar Press
Imprint : Galley Beggar Press
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Publication date : 01 May 2018
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Author : Toby Litt
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 796.81209
Pages : 260
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Toby Litt's ancestor, William Litt, was a champion Cumberland Wrestler but also almost certainly a smuggler - and definitely published poet and novelist. A huge and fascinating man, William was also troubling: he ended his life in poverty and exile. Using the nineteenth century as a guide, Wrestliana asks vital questions about modern-day masculinity, competition, and success. It is a beautiful portrait of two men and their different worlds, full of surprises and sympathy, and a wonderful evocation of a lost place and time.