Mick Foley - Tietam Brown

Mick Foley’s Tietam Brown is a shocker — raw, funny, and gut-punchingly human, a far cry from the ring ropes and steel chairs fans might expect. Instead of the hardcore legend’s usual blood-and-sweat storytelling, Foley delivers a dark, emotional coming-of-age tale that hits just as hard.

It follows Andy “Tietam” Brown, a teenage boy released from a juvenile facility and reunited with his violent, unpredictable father. What unfolds is a brutal and tender portrait of trauma, love, and survival. Foley writes with the same intensity he once brought to a barbed-wire match — every page swings between laughter, horror, and heartbreaking truth.

At its core, Tietam Brown is about damage — the kind passed down, the kind we inflict, and the kind we try to heal. Foley’s writing is fearless, mixing twisted humor with shocking realism, and the result is something raw and unforgettable. The Guardian called it “a novel of immense power and subtlety,” and they were right — this is Mick Foley proving he’s as dangerous with a pen as he ever was with a steel chair.