#411 Rust and Bone- Craig Davidson
This is the title story of Davidson’s award winning short
story collection. Eddie is a fighter, a boxer. This is who he is.
“Fighting becomes a job, stepping into the ring punching a
clock. It’s a pragmatic pursuit, opponent’s equations to be solved using the
chimerical physics of reach, height, spacing, leverage, heart. You’d no more
fight outside the ropes than a factory lineman would work a shift for no pay.”
However, he does fight outside the ring, just not with his
fists. The story starts with an explanation about the 28 bones in each hand,
the intricacies of them and their fragility. You can teach a boxer footwork,
build his abs to take body blows, but if you break the bones in your hand, that
is a weakness that will stay with you for your whole career.
“You fight, you lose, you fight, you win, you fight.”
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