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Albert Kemp is a lonely widower, whose only son was killed in the war. Now, in 1953, he is working in a pub with a famous boxing gym upstairs. It is here that Albert brings Danny, a fatherless boy who he rescues from gang life. But as Danny begins to grow into a champion the predators start to circle, luring him back into a life of crime in the corrupt world of match fixing. Will Danny listen to his wise old mentor?
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"Faded Glory sees the launching David Essex's fiction writing career, with his debut novel set in 1950s East End. David Essex has had a career as an actor and singer, spanning four decades. He is the bestselling author of two autobiographies - A Charmed Life and Over the Moon - and a collection of poetry, Travelling Tinker Man and Other Rhymes."
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