Steven Boergadine

Broschiertes Buch

Brother

Beschreibung

Top amateur boxer Li Chong's training regimen has been augmented with PEDs, but he doesn't know it. Li Chong's manager has been tinkering with his prized amateur's DNA for years. His plan is for Li Chong to make them both famous when he wins the prestigious United States Boxing Finals and goes on to capture the World Championships in Moscow. Li Chong storms into the big tournament as a blistering force of nature, unstoppable, until he gets knocked cold by John Bagley in the championship bout and his chemicalized brain is damaged irreparably. John Bagley and Li Chong grew up together in San Francisco and together they had become two of the best amateurs in the country until gang life disrupted their lives four years prior to their deadly fight. Li Chong and John were known as the American Dream Brothers around the world. But after the United States Boxing Finals, boxing ended for them both and the American Dream Brothers were no more. John's victory brought him a lifetime of despair. Thirty years later, they would both emerge from separate journeys of torment. They would grasp once again, if only for a moment, the brotherhood taken from them long ago. Brother is driven by the clash and alliance of multicultural characters and ultimately punctuated by the indestructible brotherhood of an American named John Bagley and a Chinese immigrant named Li Chong.

Autor

Steve Boergadine was raised in Oregon but lived in Los Angeles for twenty years as an actor, recording more than one thousand voice-over jobs before moving to China. In Chinese productions, he acted in more than twenty TV series and movies with Sun Li, Sun Hong Lei, Fan Bingbing, Chen Kun, Joan Chen, and other famous Chinese actors.As a writer, Steve's screenplay, Old Drunk Boxer, was one of the top three winners in the Scriptwriters Network High Concept Screenplay Competition, which is a worldwide contest based in Los Angeles, California. Old Drunk Boxer was also a finalist in the Hollywood Screenplay Competition, as well as a quarter-finalist in the Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition. In China, Steve was contracted to rewrite the translations of all English-speaking characters' dialogue in the 2012 big-budget film, Qian Xuesen.In the 2015 film, Lady of the Dynasty, Steve was cast in a major role as the main English-speaking character, Tacitus, opposite superstars Fan Bingbing and Leon Lai. He was also asked to rewrite all the narrations and dialogue of Tacitus. The director's decision to use an English-speaking character as the narrator for a Chinese film was an unusual choice, and Steve was thrilled to have such a huge responsibility in a big-budget movie.In 2021, Steve was contracted by Zhang Yimou, the most prolific, famous director in China, to consult on and offer English rewrites for the film, Sniper. Jimmy Blaze is Steve's third novel. He is currently writing Heshmat and Hana, his fourth novel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Luminare Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9798886791617
• Artikelnr.: 67379593