Review: Poetry
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
"Undefeated.  I don't like to use that word.  I generally just say I've never lost a match.  The two things aren't the same."  Much of what we begin to understand about Daniel Kucan's blazingly original saga "Full Contact" can be found in these words.  His complex and enigmatic hero Zach may seem to prevail in the fighting arena more often than not, but it is the world outside the ring that tends to deliver the kind of emotional wallops that would stagger the best of us.  And it is in this chapter, "Metropolis", that we can see just how seriously broken Zach's life can be.And best of all, a bookworm like me gets to participate in that life.  To get a front row seat and see what Zach sees and feel what he feels, expressed through Kucan's poetic talent for prose and dialogue.  This is a writer with a gift for laugh-out-loud turns of phrase and a keen eye for the strange and beautiful details of martial arts combat.  Read the first sentence and try not to be hooked.  I dare you.