03641cam a2200529 4500 567899480 TxAuBib 20220701120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781641293327 1641293322 B09FPC1MNH Amazon 6800de44-7d3a-46bb-a91e-1839af2227d3 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6768788 OverDrive (Product ID) 705236 705236 705236 TxAuBib Vercher, John. After the Lights Go Out [Libby eBook]. Soho Press, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 771kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. African American Literature. African American fiction. african american novels. realistic fiction books. african american books. Mixed martial arts. fathers and sons. African American. books for dads. gifts for dads. crime fiction. fiction books. books fiction. sports books. head injury. buzz books. HTML:<b>A harrowing and spellbinding story about family, the complications of mixed-race relationships, misplaced loyalties, and the price athletes pay to entertain—from the critically acclaimed author of <i>Three-Fifths</i></b><br /> <b><i><br /></i></b> Xavier “Scarecrow” Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. Xavier can no longer deny he is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or pugilistic dementia. Through the fog of memory loss, migraines, and paranoia, Xavier does his best to stay in shape by training at the Philadelphia gym owned by his cousin-cum-manager, Shot, a retired champion boxer to whom Xavier owes an unpayable debt.<br /> Xavier makes ends meet while he waits for the call that will reinstate him after a year-long suspension by teaching youth classes at Shot’s gym and by living rent-free in the house of his white father, whom Xavier was forced to commit to a nursing home. The progress of Sam Wallace’s end-stage Alzheimer’s has revealed his latent racism, and Xavier finally gains insight into why his Black mother left the family years ago.<br /> Then Xavier is offered a chance at redemption: a last-minute high-profile comeback fight. If he can get himself back in the game, he’ll be able to clear his name and begin to pay off Shot. With his memory in shreds and his life crumbling around him, can Xavier hold on to the focus he needs to survive? John Vercher, author of the Edgar and Anthony Award–nominated <i>Three-Fifths</i>, offers a gripping, psychologically astute, and explosive tour de force about race, entertainment, and healthcare in America, and about one man’s battle against himself. African American Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-01 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6800de44-7d3a-46bb-a91e-1839af2227d3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6800de44-7d3a-46bb-a91e-1839af2227d3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6800de44-7d3a-46bb-a91e-1839af2227d3&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)