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THE FIGHT

(NORMAN MAILER)

From one of the major innovators of New Journalism, Norman Mailer's ‘The Fight’ is the real-life story of a clash between two of the world's greatest boxers, both in and out of the ring, published in Penguin Modern Classics.
Norman Mailer's ‘The Fight’ focuses on the 1974 World Heavyweight Boxing Championship in Kinshasa, Zaire.  Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring.  Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated.  His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'.  Together the two men made boxing history in an explosive meeting of two great minds, two iron wills and monumental egos.

Mesmeric and profound, ‘The Fight’ covers the tense weeks of preparation and the fight itself.  In it, Norman Mailer invades Hemingway territory to give us one of the greatest books on sport ever written.

This 1991 edition paperback is in good overall condition although there are some signs of wear to the cover in the form of minor bumps and knocks to the edges and corners (see photograph).  All pages are present, tightly bound, and free from tears, creases, and any significant marks although they do display very light age-related discolouration to the page edges.  The book runs to 239 pages (18cm x 11cm).

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