KITAMURA'S LONGSHOT


The debut novel from writer Katie Kitamura follows two men—a martial arts star and his longtime coach—over three days as they prepare for the fighter’s comeback battle. It’s a frank tale of graphic violence and rough-and-tumble masculinity rendered in pared-down prose, but what’s most startling about The Longshot is the fact that it was written by a woman. Kitamura, a young writer and art journalist whose writing has appeared in The New York Times as well as this magazine, crafts her beautifully sparse words and pointed language to highlight a story of kinship, male bonding, and staying true to oneself.

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