One-Eyed Jacks

by Brad Smith

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385259204
• ISBN13: 9780385259200
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Doubleday Canada
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Brad Smith is a master

This is Brad Smith's second novel and is, simply, one of the best 10 noir novels written in the past decade. Smith's a writer on the verge of a major breakthrough, IMHO. Read this book so you can be among the first to discover this talent.Briefly, it's the story of a boxer (Tommy Cochrane) whose health is forcing him to hang up his gloves, and his friend, ("T-Bone"), in the "big city" to raise money to save the Cochrane family farm. They go to Toronto where T-Bone works as a sparring partner for a brutal new boxing talent and Tommy works as a doorman, unaware of the punishment his loyal friend is taking in an effort to help raise the $5000 to save the farm. Lee, Tommy's former girlfriend, sings at a nearby nightclub, and Herm, a young gambler who's riding a string of good fortune, befriends the couple and tries to help them achieve their goal of saving the family farm.Smith weaves 1950s Toronto, a good working knowledge of boxing and a dark sense of forboding to give us a marvelous tale of friendship, trust, and loyalty. Highly recommended!