FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH ~ P2K REVIEW!
DAVID FOSTER PULLS NO PUNCHES IN HIS REVIEW OF FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH OVER AT HIS BLOG, PERMISSION TO KILL . . .
…Of the elements I have enjoyed about the Fightcard series so far, is the diversity of the stories. Each writer has brought something new to the plate. If you’ll forgive the cinematic comparisons – but totally appropriate, because the stories are very cinematic – Felony Fists was like a cross between LA Confidential and Rocky – The Cutman was like a wartime Robert Mitcham film, crossed with the Godfather Part II – and Split Decision was like The Grapes of Wrath crossed with Robert Siodmak’s The Killers.
What does Counterpunch remind me of? The Big Heat. Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat, starring Glenn Ford as a relentless police detective, Dan Bannion, is one of my favourite crime films from the 1950s. Counterpunch shares more than a few similarities. At the start of The Big Heat, Bannion shares a steak and a beer with his wife. In Counterpunch, after winning a fight, Danny would always head back to Packy’s for a steak and a beer. Another similarity, is the almost relentless decency, that both men share, despite being drawn in to a corrupt world. And both men, refuse to back down, fighting for what is right – their way …
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FIGHT FICTION: KING CRUSH!
JAMES SCOTT BELL
KINDLE EDITION $.99
AN IRISH JIMMY GALLAGHER FISTICUFF . . .
He didn't want a fight, but there are some fights you can't walk away from...
Irish Jimmy Gallagher just wanted to have a little fun at a carnival with his best girl, Ruby, and his bulldog, Steve. He wasn't looking for trouble.
But sometimes trouble comes looking for Jimmy Gallagher.
It's 1955, and Jimmy is a boxer who makes hay in the club smokers and a legit fight when he can. But Ruby, a waitress at Charley's diner, would like Jimmy to give up the fight game for good.
It's all cotton candy and hot dogs at the carnival, until they see a carny pug. That's a journeyman boxer who makes a living fighting all comers. It's not much of a life -- in fact, Jimmy did some time like that himself. But there's something about this boxer that will jolt Jimmy to the core and threaten to disrupt his life for good.
Irish Jimmy Gallagher is a new sensation and an old fashioned hero. "King Crush" is a 6300 word short story in the best tradition of the classic pulp boxing stories. Here is a fighter who is quick with a jab and with a laugh.
But if you cheat him, all bets are off.
"Vintage Los Angeles, '50s pulp fiction, it's both a complete tale ... and an open door to more adventures with Jimmy Gallagher, the pugilist who throws punches with Irish wit and wisdom." - Reader review of "Iron Hands"
AND DON’T FORGET THE FIRST JIMMY GALLAGHER FISTICUFF . . .
IRON HANDS
KINDLE EDITION $0.99
His name is Irish Jimmy Gallagher, and he checks in at 6'3" and 225 pounds. A boxer with dancing green eyes and a wit born of the Blarney Stone, Jimmy is a hell of a fella, quick with a laugh and quicker with the jab.
But if you foul him, stand back, because all the laughs will die in fury.
It's Los Angeles, 1955. A time of relative peace in the nation. The Korean War has ended, Eisenhower is in the White House and in the City of Angels life goes on.
And down by the river is a "smoker," a privately set-up boxing match where Jimmy hopes to make a couple hundred bucks. With his girl, Ruby, waiting tables at Charley's, Jimmy can always use a little extra scratch. What he can't abide is a mobster trying to fix a fight. But what can one man do against a local crime boss and his team of thugs? Especially after they've arranged to have Jimmy Gallagher clobbered by Iron Hands?
This 5700 word story is written in the style of the old action pulp magazines of the 1930s.
SPANISH FIGHT PULPS!
Fight Fictioner and Fight Card fan Gonzalo Baeza forwarded me some great covers of Spanish fight pulps from the late ‘30s and early ‘40s, part of the First Novel Series Sports originally published in Argentina. There were 44 different titles, 16 published in Spain, featuring all different sports, including boxing. The tales are written by Joseph Mallorquà Figuerola, better known for his Zorro-like westerns featuring The Coyote.
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ROUGH EDGES REVIEWS FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH!
JAMES REASONER WEIGHS IN ON THE LATEST FIGHT CARD NOVEL . . .
…There's a strong thread of decency and humanity that runs through all of Dundee's work, and it's certainly present here. Danny Dugronski is a fine hero, a strong man who won't let obstacles get in the way of him doing what he thinks is right. There's also plenty of action, as Counterpunch opens and closes with a pair of epic battles in the ring. If you haven't sampled the FIGHT CARD series yet, this one is an excellent place to start, and if you've read and enjoyed the others, don't hesitate to grab this one, too. I had a great time reading it …
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FIGHT CARD: COUNTERPUNCH ~ AVAILABLE NOW!
THE LATEST FIGHT CARD NOVEL, COUNTERPUNCH, FROM HARDBOILED AUTHOR WAYNE D. DUNDEE WRITING AS JACK TUNNEY ...
Danny Dugronski has been a fighter all his life.
As an orphan at St. Vincent's Asylum for Boys, he first learned the "sweet science" of boxing from Father Tim, the battling priest. Then the Marine Corps taught him far more lethal fighting tactics before shipping him off to do battle in the hell of the South Pacific.
Now, with World War II over, Danny "The Duke" has returned home and earned a respectable ranking as a regional heavyweight in the Milwaukee area. But his record, free of KO losses, is jeopardized by a mob front man who tries to push him into a series of rigged fights.
When Danny refuses, hard push comes to deadly shove, and he must call upon all his fighting skills to stand his ground. And when Danny comes out swinging, he’s determined to put the mob down for the count.
DOOLAN ON FIGHT CARD!
BLOGGER TOM DOOLAN GETS OUT THE FIGHT CARD WORD ON HIS BLOG THE WORDS OF TOM …
About a month ago, I got on a kick. I wanted to find some other fight fiction from the Pulp days. So, I did some searches, but really couldn’t find anything in the public domain (finances being what they are). Then, on Amazon, I stumbled across the Fight Card books. At the time, the first two were free, so I grabbed them. And I absolutely DO NOT regret that ...
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