Wrecking Machine: A Tale of Real Fights and White Collars Author: Alex Wade Publisher: Scribner Price: £15.99

Honesty. It is not a word that would readily spring to mind when reading a book about boxing involving a large number of participants from the den of iniquity that is the City of London. Yet this book really inspires words such as honesty, integrity, nobility and respect. The book is a true and open account of the travails of the author, a young lawyer-turned-journalist who turns to white-collar and amateur boxing for redemption.