251 pp. Set in Wyoming shortly after WWII, this humorous novel is about a young boxer, Cowboy Shandy, who gets a shot at a career-making fight and wins it, only to realize boxing is not what he really wants to do in life. Shandy has a slew of friends in his small Wyoming town, and in conversations we are treated to Davis's views on suicide, honesty, economics, social equality, and many other concerns.
