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F. X. Toole (eigentlich Jerry Boyd; * 30. Juli 1930 in Long Beach, Kalifornien; † 2. September 2002 in Torrance, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Boxtrainer, Cut Man und Schriftsteller.
F.X. Toole is the pen name of boxing trainer Jerry Boyd [1] (1930 – September 2, 2002). Toole is most noted for writing the 2000 collection of short stories Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner, which were adapted into the Oscar -winning movie Million Dollar Baby in 2004.
ACCLAIMED BOOK OF SHORT STORIES, THAT WAS THE BASIS FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING MOVIE “MILLION DOLLAR BABY”. “ F.X. Toole is a writer to break the heart. [He] reads like one who has journeyed to Hades and back, bursting with the tales to tell of what he has seen. He’s Archie Moore of his craft.”.
It’s amazing it took so long, because Irish-born Toole, now living and working in Los Angeles, is a natural. His knowledge of the bizarre world of professional boxing is encyclopedic and utterly persuasive, his prose is as tight as a well-laced pair of gloves and his protagonists, in this collection of five stories and a novella, are ...
Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner is a 2000 collection of short fiction works by F.X. Toole. The book is composed of five short stories and a novella.
About The Author | FX Toole. El Faraón del Alfabeto. In my mid and late forties I came to boxing by choice and by chance. But I had already been there as far back as the mid thirties.
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 ...
