Henry brings alfred home after he is badly beaten up by major and hollis. The brave the contender is the debut novel by american author and sports journalist robert lipsyte. The books plot centers on a black seventeenyearold man named alfred brooks, a high school dropout living with aunt pearl and her three daughters in harlem, new york city. The contender, the brave, the chief, and warrior angel. Robert michael lipsyte was born january 16, 1938, in new york, new york, the son of sidney i. In robert lipsytes the contender, how do the epsteins treat alfred after the robbery.
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