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The Fight
0812986121 EPUB 0812986121 EPUB In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zare, 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, Mailers grasp of the titanic battles feints and stratagemsand his sensitivity to their deeper symbolismmakes this book a masterpiece of the literature of sport.