The Years of the Locust: A True Story of Murder, Money and Mayhem in the Last Age of Boxing
Author:   Jon Hotten
Publisher:   Vintage Publishing
ISBN:  

9780224080262


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   05 March 2009
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Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jon Hotten
Publisher:   Vintage Publishing
Imprint:   Yellow Jersey Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.274kg
ISBN:  

9780224080262


ISBN 10:   0224080261
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   05 March 2009
Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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The Years of the Locust is criminally good...Jon Hotten charts the corruption and shattered lives this low-rent Machiavelli left in his wake in this gripping look at the dark heart of the noble art Metro Hotten tells a terrific story, a real-life tale that will appeal to anyone who enjoys the darkly comic Florida-based thrillers of Carl Hiaasan Daily Telegraph A brilliant feat of research and reportage Independent on Sunday The Years of the Locust stands in the tradition of great boxing writing Soctland on Sunday


The Years of the Locust is criminally good...Jon Hotten charts the corruption and shattered lives this low-rent Machiavelli left in his wake in this gripping look at the dark heart of the noble art * Metro * Hotten tells a terrific story, a real-life tale that will appeal to anyone who enjoys the darkly comic Florida-based thrillers of Carl Hiaasan * Daily Telegraph * A brilliant feat of research and reportage * Independent on Sunday * The Years of the Locust stands in the tradition of great boxing writing * Soctland on Sunday *


The Years of the Locust is criminally good...Jon Hotten charts the corruption and shattered lives this low-rent Machiavelli left in his wake in this gripping look at the dark heart of the noble art. Metro Hotten tells a terrific story, a real-life tale that will appeal to anyone who enjoys the darkly comic Florida-based thrillers of Carl Hiaasan Daily Telegraph A brilliant feat of research and reportage Independent on Sunday The Years of the Locust stands in the tradition of great boxing writing Soctland on Sunday


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John Hotten is the author of Unlicensed- Random Notes from Boxing's Underbelly and Muscle- A Writer's Trip Through a Sport With No Boundaries, which was longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. A former editor of Kerrang!, he has written for the Guardian, the Sunday Times, Esquire and Punch.

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