A darkly humorous coming-of-age fantasy about family, gambling, and juvenile delinquency... Young Jack can't win. At thirteen, in the terrible peak of puberty, he toils at his family's motor repair shop, where he earns a pitiful wage as a mechanic apprentice. He works alongside his loyal drinking companion, Walfredo, who spends his earnings on sports betting. Anyway, things have been normal enough around there till today, the nineteenth of August, 1995, the fateful date of Tyson's comeback versus local hero McNeeley. After a mysterious goon appears at work, Jack's world is thrown into chaos. Now, with the help of the mighty Walfredo, he must embark upon a dangerous mission to avenge his family's honor. But beware. The truth of this quest is not at all what it seems...
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