TY - BOOK AU - Kitamura,Katie M. TI - The longshot: a novel SN - 9781847395214 (pbk.) U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Simon and schuster KW - Mixed martial arts KW - Fiction KW - Martial arts fiction KW - lcsh KW - Sports stories N1 - Includes a reading group guide and an author Q & A at the end of the book [6 p.] N2 - Cal, the only mixed martial arts fighter to take legendary fighter Rivera the distance, and his trainer, Riley, are on their way to Mexico for a make-or-break rematch with Rivera, four years later. In the three fraught days leading up to this momentous match, each privately begins to doubt that Cal can win. The men strive to stay true to themselves and each other in the only way they know how UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2008040501-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2008040501-s.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2008040501-b.html ER -