Million Dollar Baby

Informationen zum Autor F. X. Toole is a professional boxing trainer and 'cut man'. He has also worked as a truck driver! a docker! a roustabout and a matador. He lives in Los Angeles. Klappentext 'Ring magic is different from the magic of the theatre! because the curtain never comes down - because the blood in the ring is real blood! and the broken noses and the broken hearts are real! and sometimes they are broken forever. Zusammenfassung 'Ring magic is different from the magic of the theatre, because the curtain never comes down - because the blood in the ring is real blood, and the broken noses and the broken hearts are real, and sometimes they are broken forever. Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the rest of your life.' In this dazzling collection of stories F.X. Toole exhibits the skill of a miniaturist: in precise and exquisite detail, he peoples a world rich in unforgettable characters. At the same time he brings a new understanding to the violence and purity of the sweet science, opening a window into the fighter's soul.

Report

"It is visceral and violent; written in a rhythmic street language that, in the great American tradition, manages to be both uncompromising and elegiac" Guardian

Product details

• Authors: F X Toole, F. X. Toole, F.X. Toole
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2001
• EAN: 9780099490586
• ISBN: 978-0-09-949058-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Short Stories, SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing, Boxing, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary