The Fight
Author: 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. Fore….Read More
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