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Neutral Corner : Boxing Essays by A. J. Liebling (1996, Trade Paperback)

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By A. J. Liebling. A Neutral Corner: Boxing Essays.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100865474958

ISBN-139780865474956

eBay Product ID (ePID)217212

Product Key Features

Book TitleNeutral Corner : Boxing Essays

Number of Pages245 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

TopicBoxing

GenreSports & Recreation

AuthorA. J. Liebling

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN90-038181

Reviews"Fans who thought there was no more vintage Liebling to savor on a winter's eve can now rejoice. These fifteen previously uncollected prizefighting pieces . . . add to the wordsmith's impressive knockout record."-Time "Nobody wrote about boxing with more grace and enthusiasm than Joe Liebling." Red Smith,The New York Times, Fans who thought there was no more vintage Liebling to savor on a winter's eve can now rejoice. These fifteen previously uncollected prizefighting pieces . . . add to the wordsmith's impressive knockout record., "Fans who thought there was no more vintage Liebling to savor on a winter's eve can now rejoice. These fifteen previously uncollected prizefighting pieces . . . add to the wordsmith's impressive knockout record."- Time "Nobody wrote about boxing with more grace and enthusiasm than Joe Liebling." Red Smith, The New York Times, "Fans who thought there was no more vintage Liebling to savor on a winter's eve can now rejoice. These fifteen previously uncollected prizefighting pieces . . . add to the wordsmith's impressive knockout record." -- Time "Nobody wrote about boxing with more grace and enthusiasm than Joe Liebling." -- Red Smith, The New York Times

Dewey Edition20

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal796.8/3

SynopsisA Neutral Corner collects fifteen previously unpublished boxing pieces written by legendary sportswriter A.J. Liebling between 1952 and 1963. Demonstrating A.J. Liebling's abiding passion for the "sweet science" of boxing, A Neutral Corner brings together previously unpublished material. Antic, clear-eyed, and wildly entertaining, these essays showcase a The New Yorker journalist at the top of his form. Here one relives the high drama of the classic Patterson-Johansson championship bout of 1959, and Liebling's early prescient portrayal of Cassius Clay's style as a boxer and a poet is not to be missed. Liebling always finds the human story that makes these essays appealing to aficionados of boxing and prose alike. Alive with a true fan's reverence for the sport, yet balanced by a true skeptic's disdain for sentiment, A Neutral Corner is an American treasure., Fifteen previously unpublished boxing pieces written between 1952 and 1963. Demonstrating A.J. Liebling's abiding passion for the "sweet science" of boxing, A Neutral Corner brings together fifteen previously unpublished pieces written between 1952 and 1963. Antic, clear-eyed, and wildly entertaining, these essays showcase a The New Yorker journalist at the top of his form. Here one relives the high drama of the classic Patterson-Johansson championship bout of 1959, and Liebling's early prescient portrayal of Cassius Clay's style as a boxer and a poet is not to be missed. Liebling always finds the human story that makes these essays appealing to aficionados of boxing and prose alike. Alive with a true fan's reverence for the sport, yet balanced by a true skeptic's disdain for sentiment, A Neutral Corner is an American treasure.