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F.X. Toole, pseudonimo di Jerry Boyd (Long Beach, 3 luglio 1930 – Torrance, 2 settembre 2002), è stato un pugile, allenatore di pugilato e scrittore statunitense.Toole è noto per aver scritto la collezione di racconti Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner, da cui è stato tratto il film Million Dollar Baby (2004), vincitore del premio Oscar.. Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner è dedicato a ...
F.X. Toole. Writer: Million Dollar Baby. Jerry Boyd was the son of Irish immigrants. He worked odd jobs, including shoeshine boy, bartender, cement truck driver and vat cleaner. Inspired by Ernest Hemingway's book "Death in the Afternoon", he moved to Mexico City and studied bullfighting. After his brief matador career, Boyd returned to Los Angeles and began frequenting boxing gyms to get in ...
9 de nov. de 1970 · F.X. Toole. Writer: Million Dollar Baby. Jerry Boyd was the son of Irish immigrants. He worked odd jobs, including shoeshine boy, bartender, cement truck driver and vat cleaner. Inspired by Ernest Hemingway's book "Death in the Afternoon", he moved to Mexico City and studied bullfighting. After his brief matador career, Boyd returned to Los Angeles and began frequenting boxing gyms to get in ...
12 de dic. de 2002 · Derrière le pseudonyme (F.X. comme le saint François Xavier, Toole comme Peter O’Toole) se cache Jerry Boyd, californien né d’un père irlandais au début des années 30 : employé de casino, barman, cireur, comédien (et même un temps toréador), Boyd enfile ses premiers gants sur le tard, la quarantaine venue, histoire de se refaire une santé après des décennies d’excès en tous ...
1 de ene. de 2001 · F.X. Toole is a dazzling new writer with a fresh and original voice, who has been a boxing professional for over twenty-five years. Rope Burns, a collection of short stories and a novella, is written from this unique perspective. GenresShort StoriesFiction. 235 pages, Paperback.
F.X. Toole. Jerold Hayden "Jerry" Boyd, även känd under författarnamnet F.X. Toole, född 30 juli 1930, död 2 september 2002, var en amerikansk boxningstränare och författare, mest känd för novellsamlingen Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner från år 2000, utgiven på svenska med titeln Million Dollar Baby: berättelser från ringhörnan.
F.X. Toole (pseudonyme de l'entraîneur de boxe Jerry Boyd), né le 30 juillet 1930 à Long Beach et mort le 2 septembre 2002 à Torrance [1], est un écrivain américain.. Il est surtout connu pour son recueil de nouvelles intitulé Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner (traduit en français sous le titre La Brûlure des cordes), dont deux ont été adaptées à l'écran par Clint Eastwood sous ...
