Book Review
Headshot (2024)
by Rita Bullwinkel
Headshot, by American author Rita Bullwinkle was the most surprising Booker Longlist title this year. It was also our last book club pick- a decision that was made before the Booker announcement so...kudos to my book club. Headshot takes place over a single weekend at a boxing gym in Reno, location of the women's under-18 national tournament. Each chapter is a different bout- four fights in the first round, then the semi-finals and the final. Each bout is told from the perspective of each fighter with Bullwinkle moving forward and backwards in time to tell us where the individual boxers have come from and where they are going.
It's audacious technique and even more impressive because Headshot is only 224 pages long. Author Bulwinkel has history with McSweeney's, and the combination of subject matter and technique reminded me of other offerings from McSweeney's affiliated writers.
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