Pound
for Pound
"Pound
for Pound is an extraordinary gift to those of us who
sensed that the wonderful stories in F.X. Toole's Million
Dollar Baby only scratched the surface of the author's
unique talent. That this posthumous novel is the last such
gift we'll receive from a great writer makes it even more
special." Richard
Russo
"Pound
for Pound is a fully realized work, with a grace note
of loss and elegy. It's musical that way. It's unaccountably
soft." James Ellroy, from the foreword
to Pound for Pound
"Toole
writes beautifully, accurately and with enormous generousity
. . . an homage to the resiliency and strength of the human
spirit."
Edgardo Vega Yunque
"The characters
are irresistible, and their gritty, savage, strangely noble
world is vividly evoked." Kirkus Review
"Powerful
and very readable . . . Toole's deep love of boxing's rituals,
tradtions, and code of honor shines through." Library
Journal
Rope
Burns
"In this
remarkable collection . . . the spirit of Hemingway lives
on." Pete Hamill, Wall Street Journal
"The stories
are written sparely and derive much of their power from their
authenticity." Los Angeles Times Book Review,
12/03/00
"Toole's
prose is sharp and jablike, and at its best comes at you with
the rhythm of a good gym fighter working on the speed bag."
New York Times, 9/10/00
"To get
right to it, this book is a miracle; it’s as close as
I can remember being to a literary masterpiece without holding
something that had already been so declared."
Gene Collier, Post-Gazette, 9/17/00
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