What Toole knew best was a world peopled by in the words of fictional boxing trainer Earl Jeter But all my friends call me Jeet White and black folks Spanish of all kinds Chinamen and Arabs. Mens and womens ... Nice people. Old Irish dudes with red noses ... Published in 2000 under the title Rope Burns what you get from spending too much time leaning against the ropes in a boxing ring Toole's book…