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Following his remarkable fiction debut, Rope Burns, author F. X. Toole's Pound for Pound is a big, brawny novel of honor, perseverance, family, and forgiveness, set in towns where violence is the norm and success stories take on an almost mythic importance. It is the story of Dan Cooley, an aging, legendary Los Angeles trainer, who takes on Chicky Garza, a troubled young fighter hungry for glory in the notoriously corrupt San Antonio boxing circuit. Written in the masterful style that has earned the author glowing comparisons to Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and Frank McCourt, this unforgettable posthumous novel celebrates a unique and powerful bond, and the courage that overcomes insurmountable obstacles in and out of the ring.
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"POUND proves that a flurry of emotional jabs can be just as powerful as one knockout punch."--Entertainment Weekly
." . . the reader thanks Mr. Toole here, and forever after, for his last and greatest work."--San Francisco Chronicle
." . .engaging. . . riveting. . ."--Seattle Times
"Toole, a page-turning writer with guts. . ."--Detroit Free Press
"The savagery of "Pound for Pound" is inextricably melded with profound sweetness. That's how F.X. Toole saw the world."--The Oregonian (Portland)
"Toole was a natural storyteller. . . individual scenes will stay with the reader. Pound for Pound is gripping."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"Toole's sentences are tough, spare and full of his obvious belief in the solace of friendship and forgiveness."--Kansas.com
"POUND FOR POUND is that most absorbing of pleasures, a great boxing novel."--TIME Magazine
"Gripping. . . [Toole] can rest easy - the task has been aced."--People
"That this posthumous novel is the last such gift we'll receive from a great writer makes it even more special."--Richard Russo
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." . . the reader thanks Mr. Toole here, and forever after, for his last and greatest work."--San Francisco Chronicle
." . .engaging. . . riveting. . ."--Seattle Times
"Toole, a page-turning writer with guts. . ."--Detroit Free Press
"The savagery of "Pound for Pound" is inextricably melded with profound sweetness. That's how F.X. Toole saw the world."--The Oregonian (Portland)
"Toole was a natural storyteller. . . individual scenes will stay with the reader. Pound for Pound is gripping."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"Toole's sentences are tough, spare and full of his obvious belief in the solace of friendship and forgiveness."--Kansas.com
"POUND FOR POUND is that most absorbing of pleasures, a great boxing novel."--TIME Magazine
"Gripping. . . [Toole] can rest easy - the task has been aced."--People
"That this posthumous novel is the last such gift we'll receive from a great writer makes it even more special."--Richard Russo
From the author of the OScar-winning Million Dollar Baby comes a muscular, heartwrenching novel. A story of men down, but not out; of old men for whom life has been tough, and young men searching for greatness.
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- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 0060881348
- ISBN 13 9780060881344
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- Number of pages418
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