Tag: australia
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#72: ‘Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers’ by Stephen McGrath
‘Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers’ is the story of Sharman’s legendary Australian travelling boxing troupe, written by Stephen McGrath and published 1 September by Big Sky Publishing. This book is the culmination of many years’ worth of research by McGrath, and it portrays the lives of many historical characters, while employing some fictional figures, in order to…
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#63: ‘Grimmish’ by Michael Winkler
‘Grimmish’ is Michael Winkler’s exploded non-fiction novel about Italian-American boxer Joe Grim’s time in Australia. Published in the UK by Peninsula Press and in the US by Coach House Press. Note: This post differs quite widely from the others on this blog. This is due to the nature of the book and my own response…
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