Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The breakthrough modern sports novel the contender shows readers the true meaning. The film focuses on a fictional united states president played by bridges and the events surrounding his appointment of a new vice president allen the film serves as a response to the lewinsky scandal involving president bill clinton. The most influential movie actor of his era, marlon brando changed the way. Alfreds bestfriend got addicted to drugs and started to hang around with punks, therefore alfred is the book the the contender by robert lipstye was a decent book. I swear i was transported to brooklyn by lance greenfield and morae brehon. The breakthrough modern sports novel the contender shows readers the true meaning of being a hero. Edwards award for lifetime achievement in ya fiction, is the story of. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. The contender is in every way inferior as a piece of filmmaking and as a guide to life in the capitol to otto premingers 1962 classic, advise and consent, which was also a study of a. The contender is the debut novel by american author and sports journalist robert lipsyte.
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