Donnybrook (2013) Signed First Edition Reference

Donnybrook takes place over three days at an illegal bare-knuckle fighting tournament in rural Indiana, where desperate men compete for a $100,000 purse while the surrounding landscape erupts in meth-fueled violence. Published in 2013, the novel is Frank Bill operating at maximum intensity — a blood-soaked, adrenaline-charged narrative that reads like a Cormac McCarthy novel after several energy drinks.

First Edition Identification

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York Publication date: 2013 Format: Hardcover in dust jacket

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed first edition, fine/fine: $30–$75
• Unsigned first edition: $8–$15

The novel was adapted into a film (2018), which gave it additional cultural exposure. Donnybrook is the quintessential Frank Bill novel — if you want to know what his fiction is about, this is the place to start.