Hack briefly considered a career as a boxer but only lasted one fight in which he was knocked out in the first round. He hallucinated the story of this novel while he was having brain surgery.
Jonny Knockout
Category: Sports and Games
The Big Game
Hack wrote this to try and recoup his gambling losses on Super Bowl III. The book tanked and the mob broke both of his thumbs. Years later, Hack met Joe Namath and they both had a good laugh over it.