Try The Spoiler by Domenic Stansberry. I picked it up a
few weeks ago. I haven't finished it yet, other books have
taken precedent, but what I've read I like very much. It's
about a reporter who stumbles onto corrupt doings related to
a minor league baseball team in a burnt out New England Mill
Town. I also like his take on journalism thus far. It's a lot
more cynical, and probably more realistic, than other
depictions I've read. Reporters in fiction tend to be either
shallow and unscrupulous, or crusading do-gooders. In real
life, however, this is hardly ever the case. That, however,
is a discussion for another thread at another time.
On 2/13/07, Channing <
filmtroll@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I'm currently enjoying Leonard Gardner's "Fat City"
about the seedy
> boxing world in Stockton,
> CA. And I recently read and loved Gerald Kersh's
"Night And the City"
> which had a good
> amount of seedy wrestling. Does anyone recommend any
other sports noir
> books? Or if
> there even are any? There's nothing more low-down
and gritty than a locker
> room, in a world
> where winning and losing is everything. Why aren't
there more noir sports
> stories? There
> have been quite a few noirish boxing movies, but
where are the books?
>
> Chan
>
>
>
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