Con La Muerte En Los Punos (Death on My Boxing Gloves) [Spanish]

by Pedro Ángel Palou

From the very first page we begin to read the diary of the great ex Heavy Weight Champion, Baby Cifuentes. In those fifteen chapters, as if they were fifteen rounds, he will narrate his rise to fame,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 9681912551
• ISBN13: 9789681912550
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Alfaguara
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

I hate boxing, yet I loved this book

I've been reading Palou's works for a while now. I thought I had him figured out somehow. I thought I knew what he was about. It's exciting to discover that's not the case. Palou is a chamaleon and this novel about a Mexican boxer is proof. After a few pages I realized I was completely engrossed in Baby's life and had fallen into Palou's trap: I had forgotten he was the author. As far as I knew and for all practical purposes every line I was reading had been written by this boxing character who is not a writer and simply throws words out in a primitive, raw fashion. I enjoy Palou's novels very much. They all bring you in, but this one (no wonder it won the award) excells at translating the thought process, the language and the customs of a working-class, uneducated man who makes fame and fortune (if only briefly) through the use and abuse of his fists. In this story Palou also brings back the Gavito character from Paraiso Clausurado. It always tickles me when characters travel from one book to another. So, if you must get under Palou's skin, read Paraiso first. Con la Muerte en los Punos is a good, fast read that is not only entertaining, but also extremely informative.