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The Fight
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The Fight Paperback - 2011

by Norman Mailer


About this book

In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fight each other. One was Muhammad Ali, the aging but irrepressible “professor of boxing.” The other was George Foreman, who was as taciturn as Ali was voluble. Observing them was Norman Mailer, a commentator of unparalleled energy, acumen, and audacity. Whether he is analyzing the fighters’ moves, interpreting their characters, or weighing their competing claims on the African and American souls, Mailer’s grasp of the titanic battle’s feints and stratagems—and his sensitivity to their deeper symbolism—makes this book a masterpiece of the literature of sport. (Publisher Summary) 


First Edition Identification


Little Brown & Co. published a First US Edition, First Printing in Boston, Massachusetts, 1975. 


Hart-Davis & MacGibbon published a First Edition, Second Printing in London, 1976.


Details

  • Title The Fight
  • Author Norman Mailer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 256
  • Publisher 2011 Paperback, Great Britain
  • Date 2011
  • ISBN 9780143566311