Random House Trade
The Fight
Key Metrics
- Norman Mailer
- Random House Trade
- Paperback
- 9780812986129
- 8.02 X 5.2 X 0.56 inches
- 0.42 pounds
- Sports & Recreation > Boxing
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Praise for The Fight
Exquisitely refined and attenuated . . . [a] sensitive portrait of an extraordinary athlete and man, and a pugilistic drama fully as exciting as the reality on which it is based.--The New York Times
One of the defining texts of sports journalism. Not only does Mailer recall the violent combat with a scholar's eye . . . he also makes the whole act of reporting seem as exciting as what's occurring in the ring.--GQ
Stylistically, Mailer was the greatest boxing writer of all time.--Chuck Klosterman, Esquire
One of Mailer's finest books.--Louis Menand, The New Yorker
Praise for Norman Mailer
[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.--The New York Times
A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.--The New Yorker
Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure.--The Washington Post
A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.--Life
Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.--The New York Review of Books
The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.--Chicago Tribune
Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.--The Cincinnati Post
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