← Thom JonesThe Pugilist at Restby Thom JonesDisabled boxer grapples with violence, consciousness, and meaning in fragmented storiesFind on Amazon↗About the authorThom JonesThom Jones was a combat veteran and amateur boxer whose short story collection The Pugilist at Rest, winner of the National Book Award nomination, brought a new voice of physical intensity and philosophical extremity to American fiction.More by Thom JonesCold SnapStories of obsession, violence, and fractured psyches in contemporary America→Sonny Liston Was a Friend of MineStories exploring masculine angst, obsession, and violence in the modern world→