Kevin Hardcastle – This Magazine https://this.org Progressive politics, ideas & culture Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:23:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://this.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-Screen-Shot-2017-08-31-at-12.28.11-PM-32x32.png Kevin Hardcastle – This Magazine https://this.org 32 32 REVIEW: New novel brings together crime and sport in moving narrative https://this.org/2017/12/06/review-new-novel-brings-together-crime-and-sport-in-moving-narrative/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:23:21 +0000 https://this.org/?p=17538 BIB01 In the Ring PRINT.inddIn the Cage
By Kevin Hardcastle
Biblioasis, $19.95

In the Cage, the first novel by Kevin Hardcastle, follows his award-winning 2015 short story collection, Debris. Like his previous work, In the Cage concerns petty organized crime, rural poverty, and the hard-knock life of Mixed Martial Arts fighters. This time, it features Daniel, whose career-ending injury forces him to keep his family afloat through organized crime. When he tries to go straight, he finds himself up against a returning criminal with a vendetta that promises to take the little Daniel has. Through precise descriptions, In the Cage introduces readers to a memorable character who treads life’s waters just trying to keep his head above the current.

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