F. X. Toole (1930–2002)
Autore di Million dollar baby: lo sfidante
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/books/rope-burns-stories-from-the-corner/
Opere di F. X. Toole
Sant'uomo (in The dark side) 1 copia
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The Best of the Best American Mystery Stories: The First Ten Years (2014) — Collaboratore — 20 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Boyd, Jerry
- Data di nascita
- 1930-07-30
- Data di morte
- 2002-09-02
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Torrance, Kalifornien
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Long Beach
- Attività lavorative
- Schauspieler, Golf-Caddy, Barmann, Stierkämpfer, Boxtrainer, Cut Man
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Recensioni
https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/million-dollar-baby-aka-rope-burns-by-f-x-toole/
The story of the book is a little sad: the author, whose real name was Jerry Boyd, published the book in 2000 at the age of 70, after many rejections from publishers, and died in 2002, just a few weeks after learning that Clint Eastwood wanted to make a film based on it. The original DVD release included paperback copies of the book in every box (which makes it really weird that it was so difficult to track down a copy). But there you go.
These are six nice short pieces, all of them acutely observed from the perspective of an Irish-American who lived in California. Being stories about boxing, they are mainly about men, with the obvious exception of “Million Dollar Baby”. Most of them have rather downbeat endings; in one memorable case, almost all of the main characters die horribly.
There is a lot of fighting; it’s interesting that the Clint Eastwood film cuts Maggie’s brother from the plot of “Million Dollar Baby”, therefore also losing the crucial physical confrontation in a hospital car park between him and Clint’s character Frankie. But there is a lot of character and human observation as well.
Personally, I’m not at all a fan of fighting, but this did bring me a certain amount of empathy with those who are.… (altro)
The story of the book is a little sad: the author, whose real name was Jerry Boyd, published the book in 2000 at the age of 70, after many rejections from publishers, and died in 2002, just a few weeks after learning that Clint Eastwood wanted to make a film based on it. The original DVD release included paperback copies of the book in every box (which makes it really weird that it was so difficult to track down a copy). But there you go.
These are six nice short pieces, all of them acutely observed from the perspective of an Irish-American who lived in California. Being stories about boxing, they are mainly about men, with the obvious exception of “Million Dollar Baby”. Most of them have rather downbeat endings; in one memorable case, almost all of the main characters die horribly.
There is a lot of fighting; it’s interesting that the Clint Eastwood film cuts Maggie’s brother from the plot of “Million Dollar Baby”, therefore also losing the crucial physical confrontation in a hospital car park between him and Clint’s character Frankie. But there is a lot of character and human observation as well.
Personally, I’m not at all a fan of fighting, but this did bring me a certain amount of empathy with those who are.… (altro)
> Le Livre de Poche (celiatas) : https://fr.calameo.com/books/0043038443afedcb9a996
> Babelio : https://www.babelio.com/livres/Toole-La-Brulure-des-cordes/87044
« Ce sont les meilleures nouvelles jamais écrites sur le monde de la boxe. » --James Ellroy
« Ce sont les meilleures nouvelles jamais écrites sur le monde de la boxe. » --James Ellroy
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 12
- ISBN
- 42
- Lingue
- 10
Oh, and the protagonist from "Frozen Water" reminded me of a lovable version of Charlie Z.