Point of View

Fight Night is narrated in first person and past tense primarily by Swiv, an eight-year-old child, in the form of a letter she is writing to her absent father. The circumstances of Swiv's father's absence are unclear until Chapter 10, when Swiv learns of the affair her mother had while filming a movie in Albania. Swiv tells her father about events that are occurring in her life, including her expulsion from school and her subsequent homeschooling by her grandmother, Elvira. As the novel progresses, the plot develops a more traditional structure, revolving around Swiv's trip to Fresno with Elvira and the anxiety she experiences about her mother's mental health and her grandmother's physical health. The narration often reads like a standard first-person account, but Swiv pauses at moments to address her father directly, as in Chapter 11, when she tells him, “Believe it or not, I know...