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The Years of the Locust

By Jon Hotten

The Years of the Locust Politics & Society

The Years of the Locust

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The Years of the Locust is a true story of intrigue paranoia murder and money set in the shimmering cities of America's South in the 1990s. It's the story of two men who never should have met and when they did one killed the other. There are walk-on parts for Don King George Foreman the FBI and a fallen NFL hero yet it's the two central characters - sociopathic door-to-door-sales-king-turned-boxing-promoter Rick 'Elvis' Parker and his loyal naive and ultimately incorruptible fighter Tim Anderson - that make this story extraordinary and unforgettable.
It would be impossible to invent a man like Rick Parker a freakishly fat ginger-haired giant who modelled his personal style on Elvis Presley and wanted to become the next Don King. Don himself told Rick how to do it - find a white man who could become the heavyweight champion of the world. Then Rick met Tim Anderson a handsome funny former baseball pro - was he the fighter to take Parker all the way? Rick left a trail of fixed fights and violent mayhem all across the South but his dream stayed out of reach. By the end of his reign of terror Tim would be broke poisoned and facing the hardest choice of all. And now Tim is doing life without parole in a state prison and Rick - well Rick's dead.
By juxtaposing the lives of these two extraordinary men The Years of the Locust turns a remarkable riotous true-crime story into a profound examination of chance choices and remorse - one that's scary sad and blackly bleakly funny.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2009-03-05
Publication Date:
2009-03-05
Publisher:
Yellow Jersey
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0224080261
ISBN13:
9780224080262
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
342 g
Height:
135 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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