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The Favorite
The Favorite
The Favorite
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The Favorite

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Veteran prizefighter Michael Dane believes hes on top of the world. Hes had a star-crossed career and life, with plenty of wins in the ring and an eighteen-month stint in prison. As the number-one contender for the IBF Light-Heavyweight Championship, hes training to go up against Quin Cortez, the undefeated champion, in a title fight in Las Vegas. Michaels drug-running manager, Dante Alexander, has driven his career, making no friends along the way. Now, after a tense meeting with Dante, Michael is rethinking his choices as a man and as a professional fighter. Worse, hes doing all he can to stay one step ahead of the treacherous men who would exploit him for their own gains.
With nowhere else to turn and few people he can really trust, Michael turns to his former trainer for advice, Terence Dutch Masters, who raised him like a son. His former girlfriend Selena, now several months pregnant with his child, represents a life he has never known. Now Michael must do what it takes to keep everyone in his life safe from Dante.
With his old trainer in his corner for one more fight, his old flame back in his life, and rival gangsters on both sides, can Michael get out with the title and his life?
LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateDec 31, 2013
ISBN9781491718995
The Favorite
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Franklyn C. Thomas

Franklyn C. Thomas is the author of one other novel, The Fab 5. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Currently, he lives in Bellingham, Washington.

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    The author, Franklyn C. Thomas, gave me a copy of this novel in exchange for my review. “The Favorite” is a novel with a classic feel. I’m not a boxing fan and know nothing at all about the sport. Boxing novels call to mind movies like “Rocky” and “Million Dollar Baby.” “The Favorite” is not those movies. The novel is reminiscent of 1962’s Requiem for a Heavyweight. A purely character driven story of human struggle and coming to that point (to paraphrase “The Lost Weekend”) of no longer living a “life of quiet desperation.” The unique twist of “The Favorite” is the way it’s constructed. A man is fighting as his story is told and gives the reader the metaphorical fight of his life and he literally fights for his life. For non-sport fans this back and forth format may seem a risky move but there was not a point where I wished to get back to one or the other as both were so integral to the story of Michael. The writing style of “The Favorite” is quite visual. Thomas doesn’t belabor his exposition but he does set a scene for the reader that is colorful and gives us a sense of the world we’ve entered. The background characters are described and introduced as though they each play a pivotal role in the story no matter how briefly they may appear. Thomas gives us an image with brevity that speaks to his mastery of the art.“The Favorite” will appeal to readers of a number of genres but none so much as people who tend to lean toward stories like those written by Steinbeck. Stories of the gritty raw human experience.

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