title: Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
author:  Cameron Conaway 
description: &quot;I was inspired.&quot;<br><b>-Ken Shamrock</b>, UFC Hall of Famer<br><br>&quot;Cameron Conaway's fierce, fearless memoir offers a clear-eyed look at a brutal childhood, an<br>angry father, and a son's gathering demons. In the end, though, the author carves his way<br>forward through an unlikely combination of mixed martial arts, poetry, and human connection.<br>This book never fails to surprise, and along the way Conaway gives voice and hope to all<br>young men who must learn to grow up and out of their fathers' footsteps or risk falling into the<br>same hole.&quot;<br><b>-Dinty W. Moore</b>, author of Between Panic &amp; Desire<br><br>&quot;I couldn't stop reading. Conaway's writing style is as captivating as his story. He takes you<br>inside the heart, mind and soul of a fighter. He is the voice for all fighters that battle their<br>demons inside the cage.&quot;<br><b>-Glen Cordoza</b>, author for Victory Belt Publishing<br><br>&quot;Poetical version of Jiu-Jitsu!&quot;<br><b>-Saulo Ribeiro</b>, World BJJ Champion, author of Jiu-Jitsu University<br><br>Conaway presents us with a candid story of a never-give-up attitude and an appreciation of<br>life despite all of its challenges. His expressionism effectively details his endurance in battling<br>his demons through mixed martial arts and the human spirit. Caged shows us how something<br>many consider brutal can actually be a vehicle for achieving purpose and a better understanding<br>of ourselves.&quot;<br><b>-Jim Arvanitis</b>, Black Belt Magazine's 2009 Instructor of the Year<br><br>There are writers who have ideas, and there are those who have craft. Conaway is both.&quot;<br><b>-Lisa Hickey</b>, CEO of Good Men Media Inc.
zlib_text: Lloyd Jones was born in New Zealand in 1955. His best-known works include
  _Mister Pip_ , winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and shortlisted for
  the Man Booker Prize, _The Book of Fame_ , winner of numerous literary awards,
  _Hand Me Down World_ and his acclaimed memoir _A History of Silence_. He lives
  in Wellington.
  
  
  ABOUT THE BOOK
  
  
  Two mysterious strangers appear at a hotel in a small country town.
  
  
  Where have they come from? Who are they? What catastrophe are they fleeing?
  
  
  The townspeople want answers, but the strangers are unable to speak of their
  trauma. And before long, wary hospitality shifts to suspicion and fear, and
  the care of the men slides into appalling cruelty.
  
  
  Lloyd Jones’s fable-like novel The Cage is a profound and unsettling novel
  about humanity and dignity and the ease with which we’re able to justify
  brutality.
  
  
  AUTHOR’S NOTE
  
  
  I wish to thank Michael Heyward for his unflagging encouragement, and editor
  Jane Pearson for her flawless and astute eye.
  
  
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