Books like A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins
Danny Fisher, a talented young boxer from Brooklyn, enjoys a carefree life until his family’s fortunes wane and they move to Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Confronted with poverty and hostile, anti‑Semitic neighbors, Danny must survive both in the ring and on the streets.
His skill soon draws attention from the city’s rough underworld, where figures like a desperate prostitute, a slick bookie, and a lonely girl vie for control over his future. Each offers a different vision of his destiny amid the violence and crime of Depression‑era New York.
Robbins paints a gritty portrait of working‑class ambition, friendship, and redemption, capturing the era’s harsh realities while exploring the character’s resilience and hope for a better life.
First publish date: 1970
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Harold Robbins
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