The years of the locust
by Jon Hotten
Category: Boxers (Sports)

TRUE CRIME. A true story of intrigue, paranoia, murder and money set in the shimmering cities of South Florida in the 1990s. It's the story of two men who never should have met; and when they did, one killed the other. 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. 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 the heroic Tim would be broke, poisoned and facing the hardest choice of his life. "The Years of The Locust" turns a remarkable, riotous true-crime story into a profound examination of fate, choices and remorse - one that's scary, sad and blackly, bleakly funny.