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A serious look at a curios tragedy, Patrick Connor takes us through the story of the demise of Argentinian heavyweight boxer Oscar Bonavena. This is a noteworthy book extremely well written and meticulously researched. In our Interview Patrick describes the chain of events that would bring a man who had mixed in the ring with such figures as Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier into the Nevada desert and the clutches of gangster Joe Conforte. Patrick sheds light on Bonavena's seemingly self destructive personality and the more widespread political ramafications that the shooting brought to the surface.