Pound for Pound

<p>Following his remarkable fiction debut <em>Rope Burns</em> author F. X. Toole's <em>Pound for Pound</em> is a big brawny novel of honor perseverance family and forgiveness set in towns where violence is the norm and success stories take on an almost mythic importance. It is the story of Dan Cooley an aging legendary Los Angeles trainer who takes on Chicky Garza a troubled young fighter hungry for glory in the notoriously corrupt San Antonio boxing circuit. Written in the masterful style that has earned the author glowing comparisons to Ernest Hemingway Raymond Carver and Frank McCourt this unforgettable posthumous novel celebrates a unique and powerful bond and the courage that overcomes insurmountable obstacles in and out of the ring.</p>