The Fight, Norman Mailer
The Fight, Norman Mailer
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The Fight

Author: Norman Mailer

Narrator: Arthur Morey

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/28/2016

Synopsis

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.

About Norman Mailer

Born in Long Branch, NJ, in 1923, and raised in Brooklyn, Norman Mailer was one of the most influential writers of the second half of the 20th century and a leading public intellectual for nearly sixty years. He is the author of more than thirty books. The Castle in the Forest, his last novel, was his eleventh New York Times bestseller. His first novel, The Naked and the Dead, has never gone out of print. His 1968 nonfiction narrative, The Armies of the Night, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He won a second Pulitzer for The Executioner’s Song and is the only person to have won Pulitzers in both fiction and nonfiction. Five of his books were nominated for National Book Awards, and he won a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Foundation in 2005. Mr. Mailer died in 2007 in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Enrique on April 17, 2025

En el rincón de la derecha con calzón rojo simulando la bandera norteamericana, el defensor del título, el defensor del sistema, el aniquilador, el campeón ¡George Foreman! En el rincón de la izquierda con calzón blanco inmaculado, el polémico, el indomable, el aspirante al título, el mítico ¡Muhama......more

Goodreads review by Bode on July 11, 2013

Deeply mixed about this book. Mailer's aggressive, deeply masculine prose is perfectly suited to describing physical activity, so the chapters dealing with the actual boxing match are very nearly perfect: exciting, suspenseful, and just breathless enough. Among the very best sports writing that I've......more

Goodreads review by Richard on January 22, 2014

A few things to know about Norman Mailer: 1. He's full of himself and he's full of baloney. Mailer has never been devoid of ego. He plays the game of writer as prize fighter, and considers every book a match for the crown. He's in the ring with the heavyweights and he wants to out write them all. Th......more

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