{"id":1995,"date":"2009-09-07T11:33:04","date_gmt":"2009-09-07T18:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/09\/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99ve-only-ever-read-two-books-in-my-life-and-one-of-them-was-jerry%e2%80%99s-the-other-was-james-frey%e2%80%99s-a-million-little-pieces\/"},"modified":"2009-09-07T11:40:10","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T18:40:10","slug":"%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99ve-only-ever-read-two-books-in-my-life-and-one-of-them-was-jerry%e2%80%99s-the-other-was-james-frey%e2%80%99s-a-million-little-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/07\/%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99ve-only-ever-read-two-books-in-my-life-and-one-of-them-was-jerry%e2%80%99s-the-other-was-james-frey%e2%80%99s-a-million-little-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019ve only ever read two books in my life, and one of them was Jerry\u2019s [the other was James Frey\u2019s A Million Little Pieces].”"},"content":{"rendered":"

from the Times Online<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Gunslinger back to give it his best shot<\/h1>\n

On the eve of his comeback to racing, Kieren Fallon has his sights set on Ryan Moore\u2019s champion jockey crown<\/h2>\n

David Walsh, Chief Sports Writer<\/p>\n

“I ain\u2019t like that no more, I ain\u2019t the same, Ned. Just cause we\u2019re going on this killin\u2019, that don\u2019t mean I\u2019m gonna go back to being the way I was. Ned, you remember that drover I shot through the mouth, and his teeth came out the back of his head, I think about him now and again. He didn\u2019t do anything to deserve to get shot, at least nothin\u2019 I could remember when I sobered up\u201d\u00a0\u2014 William Munny (Clint Eastwood) speaking to Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman) in Unforgiven<\/em><\/p>\n

\"KeironA friend persistently asks why I bother with Kieren Fallon. Here is the answer; as clear as the summer light on this Tuesday evening at his apartment in Newmarket. We had played golf earlier in the afternoon and, only half-interested, he\u2019d won 3&2. \u201cCome back for something to eat,\u201d he said, \u201cGeraldine is cooking dinner.\u201d He called his sister to warn her but it was too late; Geraldine had been expecting just him. \u201cIt\u2019ll be all right,\u201d he said. \u201cJust divide what you have in two, there\u2019ll be plenty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dinner is wonderfully Irish: bacon, cabbage, a delicious white sauce and the flouriest potatoes. You mention the potatoes, and Geraldine lists the five best varieties, all by their names.<\/p>\n

In the hallway, on the living room walls, everywhere there are photographic testimonials to his genius. Fallon on Russian Rhythm, Kris Kin, Ouija Board, Fallon on any number of Henry Cecil fillies, Fallon in the silks of Coolmore, on Hurricane Run, George Washington, Dylan Thomas.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you read Jerry Bailey\u2019s book?\u201d he asks. It\u2019s the autobiography of the great American rider. \u201cI\u2019ve only ever read two books in my life, and one of them was Jerry\u2019s [the other was James Frey\u2019s A Million Little Pieces]. I loved Jerry\u2019s book, his story. He had problems, he sorted them out, he came back and enjoyed the best part of his career. Look at Garrett Gomez now, the best jockey riding in America today, and look what he\u2019s come through.\u201d<\/p>\n

[ click to read full story at the Times Online<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from the Times Online Gunslinger back to give it his best shot On the eve of his comeback to racing, Kieren Fallon has his sights set on Ryan Moore\u2019s champion jockey crown David Walsh, Chief Sports Writer “I ain\u2019t like that no more, I ain\u2019t the same, Ned. Just cause we\u2019re going on this killin\u2019, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}