'IRISH' & A MAN?S GAME IBD

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Adapted Classics presents two illustrated human interest stories by Irish author Donn Byrne. Both stories are about professional boxers who fight opponents in the ring while simultaneously battlingádemons within themselves.á'Irish' follows a popular, young boxer on the rise who knowingly risks his spotless record by taking a match he believes un-winnable for money he needed to support to his unappreciative, delusional father. The second story, A ManâÇÖs Game, tells of an aging boxing champion who is harassed byáhis conscience in the ringáfor accepting a match he didnâÇÖt want and an outcome he couldnâÇÖt abide for bribe money he would use to advance his sonâÇÖs education. The fighting scenes in these stories are vividly described, partly owing to Donn ByrneâÇÖs experience as an amateur boxer who attained the lightweight championship while attending Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.To add both context and interest to these outstanding stories, Liam OâÇÖNeil envisions, interprets, and illustrates the boxer characters and their battles in and out of the ring to great effect. His 29 illustrations shine forth brilliantly to grace these deeply probing and lively Donn Byrne stories.