Mar 01 2005
Million Dollar Baby
Author: F.X. Toole
ISBN: 0099490587 DDC: 813.54
Previously published as: Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner.
I bought this because I saw the film version and wasn’t impressed. I’m not going to go into why I felt it was way over-hyped here, but it did interest me enough to read this book.
And I’m glad I picked it up, because these short stories are a lot better than the film. The author, F.X. Toole, was a cut-man and professional boxing trainer, and so he knew the business. He knew the people and the atmosphere and all of that comes across in the stories.
Tags: 7 Stars, 813.54, atmospheric, boxing, F.X. Toole, Million Dollar Baby, Rope Burns: stories from the corner, Sport, violence