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The Contender is a coming-of-age novel whose protagonist, a black seventeen-year-old high school dropout named Alfred Brooks, lives with his Aunt Pearl and her three daughters in Harlem, a predominantly African American neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, in the mid-1960s. Alfred’s father deserted the family when Alfred was ten years old; his mother died when he was thirteen.... More

About the Author
  Personal Background
  Education and Early Work
  Career Highlights
  Works of Nonfiction
About the Novel
  A Brief Synopsis
Summaries and Commentaries
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Chapter 12
  Chapter 13
  Chapters 14 and 15
  Chapter 16
  Chapter 17
  Chapter 18
  Chapter 19
  Chapter 20
 

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