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Pound for Pound : A Novel

Pound for Pound : A Novel

Pound for Pound : A Novel
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Pound for Pound : A Novel

by F. X. TOOLE

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  • Hardcover
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ISBN 10
006088133X
ISBN 13
9780060881337
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Harpercollins, August 2006. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good Hardcover with Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to DJ. Sticker residue on DJ. Light soiling and shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Synopsis

Pound for Pound is a big novel in the truest sense of the word, a story of family, honor, perseverance, and forgiveness. Set in towns where violence is the norm and success stories take on an almost mythic importance, it tells of grand-fathers and grandsons -- older men for whom life has not been easy and the young men who look to them for guidance -- and reveals the transformative power of that relationship. Dan Cooley, an aging but legendary Los Angeles trainer, takes on a troubled young fighter named Chicky Garza, hungry to make a name for himself in the San Antonio boxing circuit, which is rife with crime and corruption. The bond between them grows more powerful than the obstacles they face, ultimately reviving in each man the courage it takes to triumph both in and out of the ring.This masterful, posthumous novel follows Toole's remarkable fiction debut, Rope Burns (recently published in paperback as Million Dollar Baby), which earned comparisons to Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and Frank McCourt, and which became an Academy Award-winning film four years after publication. As James Ellroy says in the foreword, "F. X. Toole did not live to visit the set or hug the stars at the premiere. The rumor was true. He had a bum ticker." It is a tragedy that the world will not hear more from F. X. Toole, but Pound for Pound is a novel that any writer would be proud to leave behind, marking his place in the world of letters.

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Bookseller
Jane Addams Book Shop US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
47995
Title
Pound for Pound : A Novel
Author
F. X. TOOLE
Format/Binding
Hardcover Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
006088133X
ISBN 13
9780060881337
Publisher
Harpercollins
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
August 2006
Pages
368

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