Haven't read Angels but I'll look it up. While we are on the
subject of boxing fiction, how about Budd Schulberg's The
Harder They Fall and F.X. Toole's short story collection? I
haven't read Toole's novel, but I hear it's also pretty
good.
-Gonzalo saddlebums.blogspot.com
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Seth Harwood
<sethharw@...> wrote:
>
> I agree that Gardner's Fat City is a beautiful,
wonderful book. I
> wonder if anyone on this list has read Denis
Johnson's ANGELS, which
> was highly influenced by FAT CITY.
> I think ANGELS is a phenomenal book in its own right
and Johnson one
> of our best living writers. His JESUS' SON is still
one of my
favorite
> books ever--not so noir (no guns) but dark as all
get out.
>
> For another great story about boxers, in Don Lee's
story collection
> YELLOW, the title story is about as good as anything
I know.
>
> Seth
> sethharwood.com
>
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