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Author: Carlos Acevedo
Publisher: Hamilcar Publications
Imprint: Hamilcar Publications
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.80cm
ISBN: 9781949590524
ISBN 10: 1949590526
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 14 April 2022
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
[A]n enthralling new biography by Carlos Acevedo . . . [Tommy] Morrison's Falstaffian story makes for a rollicking read in Acevedo's deft hands. -The Irish Times Carlos Acevedo is a keen student of the technical aspects of a sport that, despite its raw physicality, swiftly exposes the untrained. Beyond that, though, he is interested in its deep history, in mining the past for what is uniquely instructive in a gladiatorial contest that strips human nature bare. In this, he is a worthy successor to all those who have tried to honor in words the inarticulate striving of the ring. -City Journal The Duke is above all an exceptional work of biography. Acevedo's achievement is to tell the story in a way that is riveting but not lurid, gripping but not eulogizing. The Duke is unputdownable in a way nonfiction rarely is. It grips you and submerges you in a narrative that is riveting, comic, and ultimately tragic. -Sports Book Reviews [A] fascinating dive into one of the key players of the '90s heavyweight era. -Boxing Scene The Duke is an enjoyable and compelling read and I doubt any other boxing literature released this year will surpass it. -Boxing Social
[A]n enthralling new biography by Carlos Acevedo . . . [Tommy] Morrison's Falstaffian story makes for a rollicking read in Acevedo's deft hands. -The Irish Times Carlos Acevedo is a keen student of the technical aspects of a sport that, despite its raw physicality, swiftly exposes the untrained. Beyond that, though, he is interested in its deep history, in mining the past for what is uniquely instructive in a gladiatorial contest that strips human nature bare. In this, he is a worthy successor to all those who have tried to honor in words the inarticulate striving of the ring. -City Journal
Author Information
Carlos Acevedo, author of Sporting Blood: Tales From the Dark Side of Boxing (Hamilcar Publications (2020) and The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison (Hamilcar Publications 2022), was the founder of The Cruelest Sport and is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. His work has appeared in Inside HBO Boxing, Boxing News, Remezcla, Boxing Digest, and Hannibal Boxing. His stories A Darkness Made to Order and A Ghost Orbiting Forever both won first place awards from the BWAA. Acevedo is also a member of the International Boxing Research Organization.
