Barry Graham used to be a boxer before he wrote some of the most socially conscious noir fiction of the last decade with books like The Wrong Thing and When It All Comes Down To Dust. In this essay on the new pulp blog The Big Click, Barry writes why boxing is the quintessential noir sport.
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Did you catch LIGHTS OUT on FX? Sadly only one season but it concluded well. Great boxing noir.
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