false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg 773971 9 There are sporting events that transcend the world of sports, and the 1974 heavyweight title fight in which Muhammad Ali regained his crown by improbably kayoing George Foreman in the middle of the African night was certainly one of them. Metaphorically, it was a writer's dream: two imposing black warriors, one all grace, the other brute force, one the iconoclast, the other the blind patriot, battling each other. Fatefully, the appropriate writer threw his pen into the ring. Norman Mailer's masterful account goes far beyond the ropes to capture the primal ethos of the sport, the larger social canvas this particular fight was drawn on, and the remarkable cast of personalities--not the least of which is Mailer himself--who converged to make this "Rumble in the Jungle" a landmark in sports history and a clear knockout in Mailer's journalistic portfolio. 811596 1975 The Fight total:243|5:83|4:96|3:53|2:9|1:2| 243 978 348 22 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 5 1 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 13:53:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 13:57:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 4 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 10 19:49:33 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 19:56:23 -0800 2007 more...]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 5 0 false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 09:42:55 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 07:39:55 -0700 2008 Armies of the Night, a similarly wonderful analysis of the march o...more...]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 18:20:02 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 18:20:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 5 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:47:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 20:51:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 5 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jun 28 10:28:40 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 10:33:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 3 0 false Sun May 31 11:27:53 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 11:29:16 -0700 2009 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 4 0 false Fri Jan 23 17:37:24 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 17:10:06 -0800 2009 293635 0140184287 9780140184280 18 3 4.02 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/293635.The_Fight 4 0 false Thu Apr 12 14:31:32 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 12 14:35:57 -0700 2007 Time: 1974
What happened there? What didn't?
If you half like boxing and you respect Muhammad Ali, this is a must read. Norman Mailer (a guru of boxing, among his other virtues) describes the mood, zeitgeist and the mayhem of the buildup to a fight that was to be the...more...]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 12:30:28 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 09:16:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Aug 14 17:27:09 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 02:09:07 -0700 2007 Luckily I bought a publishers boxed set that included "The Fight". I might never have picked this book off the shelf otherwise. I didn't know I was going to like it so much.
There is plenty here for a non boxing audience as we head for the "Rumble in ...]]> 293635 0140184287 9780140184280 18 3 4.02 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/293635.The_Fight 3 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Jul 01 13:52:24 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 13:57:07 -0700 2008
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Really? Let me tell you all about it. Oh yeah, before I forget, it's not as important, but the greatest fight of the century is going on in the background.]]> 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 18 02:13:44 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 01 10:02:51 -0700 2009 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 21:37:43 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 21:40:25 -0800 2008 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Sep 08 03:55:52 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 03:57:14 -0700 2007 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 5 0 false Sun Jul 13 01:46:52 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 01:47:46 -0700 2008 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sun May 04 23:56:27 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 23:58:15 -0700 2008 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 3 0 false Thu Jun 28 03:50:17 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 03:51:25 -0700 2007 773971 0375700382 9780375700385 211 19 4.02 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178231105m/773971.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773971.The_Fight 0 0 false Tue Oct 02 22:10:14 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 22:11:01 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=773971