Go home, Ricky! : a novel
(2022)

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : OrangeSky Audio, 2022
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 54 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781667067803 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT15013804, 166706780X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 15013804
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Tristan Wright

From a rising literary star comes a fresh, satirical novel about masculinity and tenderness, fatherhood and motherhood, set in the world of semi-professional wrestling After seven years on the semi-pro wrestling circuit, Ricky Twohatchet, a.k.a. Richard Powell, needs one last match before he gets called up to the big leagues. Unlike some wrestlers who only play the stereotype, Ricky believes he comes by his persona honestly-he's half white and half Native American-even if he's never met his father. But the night of the match in Omaha, Nebraska, something askew in their intricate choreography sets him on a course for disaster. He finishes with a neck injury that leaves him in a restrictive brace and a video already going viral: him spewing profanities at his ex-partner, Johnny America. Injury aside, he's out of the league. Without a routine or identity, Ricky spirals downward, finally setting off to learn about his father, and what he finds will explode everything he knows about who he is-as a man, a friend, a son, a partner, and a wrestler. Go Home, Ricky! is a sometimes-witty, sometimes-heart-wrenching, but always gripping look into the complexities of identity

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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