Ultimately, he seems to take up the pen for reasons overshadowed by his first hero, Mailer: the joy of the ring, the thrill of the fight.

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These are basic movements many of us take for granted: a tri-pod grip to pick up a pen, or hand-shake grip for business meetings, said Miguelez, who has fitted hundreds of amputees with prosthetic devices.

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