I’m about three-quarters of the way through The Power of One, a novel set in South Africa about a boy who eventually becomes boxing’s Welterweight Champion of the World. Boxing is not ordinarily a topic I care much about, but this turns out to be a good book. I like the characters. They seem quite real. And there’s the occasional trenchant turn of a phrase.
There’s an abridged version with the same title for younger readers. Read the unabridged version.