Barroom boxers …

… The Blondes of Wisconsin–Bukoski’s Best

. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

… Blondes is more than a collection of stories, since most of them are integrated, not only by the moral theme that runs through them, but through a series of interlocking characters.  In this respect, the book is more like Faulkner’s The Unvanquished , a kaleidoscopic fictional narrative, than it is a collection.