{"product_id":"waiting-for-carver-boyd-thomas-hauser-9781989728208","title":"Waiting for Carver Boyd","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Hauser has resurrected the spirited of boxing\"-George Foreman, World Heavy Weight Champion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hauser, always a skilled writer, outdoes himself here. He puts you in this fight. And as you continue to read, he makes you understand in a way that will jolt your psyche. He will challenge you not to put this book down. And you will lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe will open your mind to look into what we call the \"sweet science.\" But beyond that, he will tear away the tinsel of a title fight and cut into the scab of its brutality. He will expose it all here. It is raw, painful, beautiful and, above all, real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one hell of a book. \" - Jerry Izenberg Legendary Sportswriter, Inductee International Boxing Hall of Fame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the renowned author of Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, Thomas Hauser's most riveting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ework to date tells the tale of a young fighter who rises from hard origins to challenge for the most\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecoveted prize in sports: the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving back and forth with increasing intensity between the bright lights and shadows of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprofessional boxing, Waiting for Carver Boyd is about hope, anger, loss, and belief in oneself. It's a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elove story with a special twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHauser, an unparalleled chronicler of the contemporary boxing scene, strips the sport bare of its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eglamour and glitz to give readers an inside look at how the sweet science really works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReviews: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hauser is the most respected boxing journalist working today and perhaps the best ever.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thomas Hauser is a great writer. He knows boxing and tells it like it is. I've been there. I know.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Larry Holmes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is no one better equipped to write about boxing than Thomas Hauser.\" - Joe Frazier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A hundred years from now, if people want to learn about boxing in this era, they'll read Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHauser.\" - Lennox Lewis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE GUARDIAN: Thomas Hauser is best known for Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, which\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewon the William Hill sports book of the year prize in 1991. But he was writing novels long before\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat, and his latest makes use of his deep knowledge of the boxing world. Hollywood executives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eought to be weighing its big-screen potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE TIMES (OF LONDON): Bringing a spectator sport to life on the page is no mean feat. Hauser\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epulls it off in spare and direct prose that can be read in one breathless sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Hauser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1989728200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781989728208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Encore Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.23d","brand":"Thomas Hauser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149509783807,"sku":"9781989728208","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a24ac47b-d3a3-42a5-8292-63011666c6cd.jpg?v=1688457095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waiting-for-carver-boyd-thomas-hauser-9781989728208","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}