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One-Eyed Jacks by Brad Smith is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p class="null1">Tommy was standing there without a drink along that last bit of bar. End of the line, Lee thought, where else would she find him? She stopped in front of him, almost as tall as him in her pumps, knowing full well that everybody in the joint was watching her and not giving one thin damn.</p> <p class="null1">She could only stand there a moment though, and then she had to touch him; she put her arms around his neck and her cheek next to his, just to feel him after all this time, to smell him after all these years. And then he put those hams of his around her and they stayed like that, not saying anything, for maybe a minute.</p> <p class="null1">Finally she put her lips against his neck and then on his mouth and she stepped back to look at him again.</p> <p class="null1">"Oh, you goddamn mick," she said. "Where you been?"</p> <p>At 35, Tommy Cochrane is a washed-up boxer who missed out on a shot at the heavyweight title and has to hang up his gloves for good when he's diagnosed with an aneurysm. His best friend and former sparring partner, T-Bone Pike, isn't in great shape either as the two of them head to Toronto on a quest for the $5,000 Tommy desperately needs to
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Brad Smith
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385259217
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (45 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14