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Brad Smith One-Eyed Jacks
Doubleday 2002 0385259212 / 9780385259217 Paperback Very Good
"'() At first glimpse, the central storyline of Brad Smith's One-Eyed Jacks--an aging boxer looks for one last score--seems a mite trite, but One-Eyed Jacks is a masterful work, crammed with vividly colourful characters, all lovingly portrayed in tough yet poetic prose. Despite suffering from a potentially fatal aneurysm, prizefighter Tommy Cochrane decides on one more fight to raise cash to save the family farm. Meanwhile, his girlfriend, street-smart torch singer Lee Charles, has her own fundraising scheme in mind. When the pair has to deal with a number of small-time hoods with their own agendas, Tommy's loyal sidekick, T-Bone Pike, may just prove their trump card. The shadow of the impending fight looms ominously over the proceedings, but One-Eyed Jacks is more about double-crosses than right crosses. Toronto has only rarely been used as a backdrop in noir fiction, but Smith does it real justice. Set at a time (1959) when the city was known as ''Toronto the Good,'' Smith's story'''' ID: mon0000076989"
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