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03273aam a2200505 i 4500 001 9FA36896E88211ECA877144335ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220610010025 008 211108t20222022nyu e 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021054026 020 $a 1641293314 020 $a 9781641293310 035 $a (OCoLC)1268205788 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d LW1 $d RNL $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3622.E7336 $b A68 2022 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Vercher, John, $e author. 245 10 $a After the lights go out / $c John Vercher. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Soho, $c [2022] 300 $a 278 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Xavier "Scarecrow" Wallace, a mixed-race MMA fighter on the wrong side of thirty, is facing the fight of his life. Xavier is losing his battle with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), or pugilistic dementia-a struggle he can no longer deny. Through the fog of memory loss, migraines, and paranoia, Xavier does his best to keep in shape while he waits for the call that will reinstate him after a year-long suspension. Until then, he watches his diet and trains every day at the Philadelphia gym owned by his cousin-cum-manager, Shot, a retired champion boxer to whom Xavier owes an unpayable debt. Xavier makes ends meet by teaching youth classes at Shot's gym and by living rent-free in the house of his white father, whom Xavier has been forced to commit to a nursing home because of the progress of his end-stage Alzheimer's. Dementia has revealed a shocking truth about Sam Wallace, and Xavier finally gains insight into why his Black mother left the family when Xavier was young. As Xavier battles his aging body and his failing brain, each day is filled with challenges and setbacks. Then Xavier is offered a chance at redemption: a last-minute comeback fight in the largest MMA promotion. If he can get himself back in the game, he'll be able to clear his name and begin to pay off Shot. But with his memory in shreds and his life crumbling around him, can Xavier hold onto the focus he needs to survive? After the Lights Go Out is a haunting, unflinching look at the aftermath of a career in MMA-as Xavier forgets everything around him, you'll want to remember every single word"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Mixed martial arts $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Chronic traumatic encephalopathy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Racially mixed families $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $v Fiction. 941 $a 16 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409042512.0 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314024041.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20231025014757.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010033637.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230613010228.0 952 $l TRPE062 $d 20221230010750.0 952 $l CIPB482 $d 20221129011733.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20220903010219.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20220824011041.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804025132.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20220802011113.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20220712011513.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220712010351.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220706023051.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20220616010225.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220610010048.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9FA36896E88211ECA877144335ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search