![]() If he can get himself back in the game, he’ll be able to clear his name and begin to pay off Shot. John isn’t one of those grind-it-out types of writers. Oh, and John also happens to be a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu himself. Then Xavier is offered a chance at redemption: a last-minute high-profile comeback fight. John Vercher After the Lights Go Out: a blistering and gritty sports drama, ‘Outstanding’ Chris Whitaker Hardcover 1 Sept. John’s forthcoming book, After The Lights Go Out (June 2022), is a literary novel that focuses on a mixed-martial arts fighter suffering from dementia. 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. 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. ![]() ![]() 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. Xavier can no longer deny he is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or pugilistic dementia. ![]() Xavier "Scarecrow" Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |