Farrell Charles - (Low) Life A Memoir Of Jazz Fight - Fixing And The Mob - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Unbelievably good. amazing scenes heartbreaking scenes. The dialogue is so good in this book. I mean people talk about the dialogue of Don De Lillo how authentic it is the dialogue in a book like this is better than the dialogue in Don De Lillo Literary masterpieces in storytelling. Just fucking nailing it again and again. Book Rants With deadpan humor whip - smart insights and some damn fine sentences Charles Farrell has written a classic chronicle of life in the twilight world on par with masters of the genre like Damon Runyon Mezz Mezzrow Nat Hentoff and Nick Pileggi. A truly great read. Debby Applegate winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher and author of Madam: The Life of Polly Adler Icon of the Jazz - Age A world - class jazz pianist Charles Farrell made his living working Mob clubs from the time he was a teenager in the 1960s. He later moved from music to the complex world of professional boxing managing dozens of fighters including former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks and former gang leader Mitch Blood Green who famously went toe - to - toe with Mike Tyson once in the ring and once in the street. A fight - fixer and gangster Farrell ran afoul of New York mobsters in the 1990s and retreated to the mountains of Puerto Rico coming home only after an infamous boxing legend brokered his safe return. Retired from the fight game he returned to jazz and among other collaborators played frequently with his friend Ornette Coleman the godfather of Free Jazz and one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century.(Low)life is a singular book by a singular man.
Title: (Low) Life A Memoir Of Jazz Fight - Fixing And The Mob
Author(s): Farrell Charles
Publisher: Hamilcar Publications
Barcode: 9781949590197
Pages: 312 Pages, Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 6/29/2021
Category: Boxing