Harry Crews - Karate is a Thing of the Spirit. Clean pages This description may be from another edition of this product.
Karate is a thing of the Spirit was a good read. The Author Harry Crews obviously had a limited understanding of Karate but still captured the essence and deadly effectiveness of the discipline that is practiced in the true way. Along with the internal view of Karate, Crews told a great story of coming of age in a realistic manner. Not every 19 year old stay with mom and pop and has a nice home life. Some decide to adventure...
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The heroine of this novel is a beauty pageant regular who practices karate by smashing her knuckles against a wooden board in a dried-out Florida swimming pool. She is perhaps the least dysfunctional person in the book. Watching Crew's characters abuse themselves and their counterparts is a privilege.
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