num_pages: 312
description: Twelve short stories by the National Book Award finalist of Pugilist at Rest follow the stories of mental hospital affiliates, including a Vietnam vet, a brilliant but burned out doctor, and a young amateur fighter. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories
titlecomplete: Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories
genres: War, Dark, American, Literary Fiction, The United States Of America, Sports, Short Stories, Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 807
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: Little Brown & Co