About this title: Mailer writes with eloquence, expertise, and insight about the 1975 world heavyweight championship bout in Zaire between Muhammad Ali, who was defending his title, and the up-and-coming fighter George Foreman.
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Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780375700385ISBN:0375700382
Description: New. Slight shelf and corner wear. GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, Boston, Toronto
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780316544160ISBN:0316544167
Description: Muriel Nasser (Jacket Design) Very Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library-Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 239 pp. Flawless book and dj save minor wear on rear of dj. Ex-Library (The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York Library Department)-Book with all the typical signs, library designation on spine, library stamps on front and rear end pages, and top & bottom edge of text. Extra plastic wrapper over dj. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780586044223ISBN:0586044221
Description: Acceptable. Pages Yellowing-*** Expect to receive a well read copy-The condition of the book will be readable, perhaps with heavy creasing and some damage. You wouldn't want to give it as a present-Dispatched in padded packaging. ** UK SELLER-Get it in days not weeks ** read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: NEW YORK, NY: Bantam Books, 1976
Description: Soft Cover. Very Good Minus. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. PAPERBACK. 4 1/8" x 7". Bantam book #Y2605. Ali, Mailer and Foreman collide in Africa in the richest, most incredible bout of the century. Creases on book, scratched, rubbed, light interior browning, light wear at edges. read more
Edition: First Separate
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin 20th Century Classics
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780140184280ISBN:0140184287
Description: Collectible; Good. GOOD READING COPY 1991 PENGUIN 20TH CENTURY CLASSICS PBWITH FOREMAN VS ALI COVER PHOTO. A LITTLE SHELF/READING WEAR TO EDGES OF COVER, INNERS UNMARKED, TIGHT BINDING. IMMEDIATE 1ST CLASS/AIRMAIL DISPATCH WORLDWIDE. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780375700385ISBN:0375700382
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1997-10-01
ISBN-13:9780375700385ISBN:0375700382
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780375700385. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hart-Davis
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780246109507ISBN:0246109505
Description: Good. Page colour-Slightly discoloured in accordance with book age. Previous owner's name written in the book. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hart-Davis
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780246109507ISBN:0246109505
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hart-Davis
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780246109507ISBN:0246109505
Description: Good. EX-LIBRARY WITH USUAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. NO DUST JACKET. USUAL SIGNS OF A WELL READ BOOK BUT GOOD OVERALL CONDITION SECURE DAILY POSTING FROM UK. 30 DAY GUARANTEE. read more
Edition: First Issue In This Edition?
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1991
Description: Good. No Jacket. Used book. No ISBN given. 'Not for Resale' on back of soft cover covered with marker ink. Text clean with fading to pages. Soft cover has a few marks but is generally clean. In 1975, at the World Heavyweight Boxing championship in Kinshasa, Zaire, an ageing Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring......Mesmeric and profound, this book covers the tense weeks of preparation and the fight itself. In it Norman Mailer invades Hemingway territory to give us one of the greatest ... read more
"Two dangerous men, larger than life in the way great boxers often are, meet in Africa to perform boxing. Norman Mailer does a great job describing the fight, the fighters, sports journalism, the journalists, and the defiant corruption of Mobutu's nation. Just as a boxer learns the magic geometry of intent vs. pain, searching within it for their moments of opportunity, the writer learns how words contain a magic by which they may dissect time. In real time combat is measured by the length of your opponent's response, the spectator or video camera records this as a series of who first did what when where. However, words stretch events, foreshorten others, and resonate with themes that reside outside simple causality. Mailer unwinds the (relatively) brief events of the ring into a cogent analysis of the complicated culture that fosters a professional boxer, how it is that they transform their bodies into manifest ideals of a combative art. That and so much more.
At the time of Mailer's death, having never read much by him, I wasn't sure what the hoopla was at his passing. Now I understand why many consider him one of the greats."
"Mailer makes the fight between Ali and Foreman out to be one of the most important events in human history. I cant say I disagree with him but it takes some balls to write that way about boxing"
"Chapters 13-15, about the actual fight, are perhaps the best description of a live sporting event I've ever read, and worth five stars alone. The rest is somewhat discursive, but there is something inherently enjoyable about the very thought of Norman Mailer undertaking an early-morning jog with Muhammad Ali after eating a large meal, getting drunk and gambling all night long with George Plimpton. In fact, I think I've had dreams like this."
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