Bom De Briga by Markus Zusak
A young narrator from a struggling working-class family in suburban Australia recounts how he and his older brother take up bare-knuckle fighting to earn money and prove themselves; the story follows his conflicted feelings—admiration, jealousy, shame—and the brothers’ clashes with poverty, family tension and first love, using spare, candid prose to explore masculinity, loyalty and the painful lessons of growing up.
- Published
- 2000
- Nationality
- Australian
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 192-224
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- Bom de Briga
- Fighting Ruben Wolfe
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