JIM CLANCY, product of a Baltimore orphan asylum, race-track stable boy, and later "logical contender" for the heavy-weight championship, is the central character of Mr. McKenna's fine novel. He had a stout heart, did Clancy, and a good right hand, and that dark, lowering courage of his never deserted him; but he didn't know much about defense, either in the ring or in the more subtle warfare of everyday life. It was simple enough. You come out, grab the ropes, and squat and rise, shuffle your shoes in the resin, and bless yourself, and show the cash customers your stuff. "Come on, Clancy! Let's go!"

Here is the career of a great prize fighter from its sordid beginnings to the intoxication of victory and the big money, ending in a climax that leaves the memory of the magnificent Jim Clancy printed indelibly on the reader's mind. The Bruiser packs a terrific wallop. Edward L. McKenna knows the ring and the men who slug their way to fame.

This special edition of THE BRUISER by Edward L. McKenna has been made available to the Armed Forces of the United States through an arrangement with the original publisher, Robert M. McBride & Company, New York.

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