Jeff’s Reviews > Cockfighter > Status Update

Omar and Frank arrive at the senators for the sc tourney. It is a palace for fowl. All 8 handlers have dinner with the senators Jake Burke is ready to fight after the tournament and Frank is intends to win the whole thing.

“To the all-American cockfighters. The English-polish team of Mansfield and baradinsky! Gentlemen, gamblers, dudes and cocksmen, each and every one!”

The season has begun. Frank talks with Jack Burke. Jack married Dody. Jack ask Frank not to tell of his relationship with Dody. After Frank wins a long fight with Jack, Dody attacks Frank with her shoes. F and O bow out of the Chattanooga tournament. Frank does an offsite fight with 2 hicks(the people’s) and wins $350 and 8 gamecocks. Off to Boloxi

Frank and Omar train the cocks. Mostly by starving them. They get drunk at night and Frank plays electric guitar while Buford sings field songs. They go there first tournament. A 17 year old kid name jr challenges Frank’s Icky. The kid rubs his cocks balls and that is a fowl. Then the kid tries to get out of his 25$ bet. Frank gets pissed and strong arms the kid. Omar was taken by the kid until this shenanigan

Frank travels around with Omar gathering 21 of Omar’s 25 cocks scattered on farms. It goes into detail how these roosters became the patriarch of hens and must suffer to gather food for his ladies. Frank goes to is farm in Ocala. Buford gives him a present from Bernice. A new electric guitar. Frank writes 2 letters to BH and ME. Asking both to attend the final match of the season.

Meet Omar Baradinsky, the former New York Ad man turned Cocker. He talks Frank into a partnership for the season. Also, Frank is still a bastard. He grueling kills a rooster
For not being game. Then he tests a family by cutting a rosters legs off, lighting it on fire and then putting it just to see if it’s still game. Sickening. At least he feels bad about it and drinks his emotions down.

Frank is a bastard. He succeeds evicting his brother and selling the farm for $1500. About 10% of what it’s worth. He buys an old pick up and some more cocks. Spends almost all the money in days. The judge did write a good letter. Frank travels to his farm in Ocala to start training.

To survive in the world a man has got to do what a man has got to do” Frank goes home and gets the judge to kick his brother and sister in law off the family farm. We meet Mary Elizabeth and her brother wright. Frank gets laid again at The Place. ME hates cock fighting and wants Frank to settle down.

A long and funny chapter. Frank’s entire music career. Opening for the James Boys at Vernon’s club. He wrote a new song based on childhood memories and was flooded with emotion. Vernon insulted him and went to Bernice’s house. A rich person party. She over payed him and he got all fussy but took her to bed anyway. He was out of there right at 5am.

Frank ain’t a man to feel sorry for himself. He decides to hustle his guitar playing. Since his vow of silence he learned to play guitar and wrote 3 songs. After going bar to bar, he got a gig playing being sets for the James boys. Frank was offered 10 a night but only took 5. He felt guilty for only knowing 3 songs. Frank also hates unions why pay gangsters for the right to work. Fucking Florida