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Title: SHADOW BOX
AN AMATEUR IN THE RING
By: George Plimpton
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0224100238
ISBN 13: 9780224100236
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Publisher: VINTAGE PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 15 July, 2016
Pages: 352
Description: Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, the author pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, the author documents what it truly means to be a boxer.
Synopsis: From the author of Paper Lion. Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout - and brings back this timeless book on boxing and its devotees, among them Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer. Shadow Box is one of Plimpton's most engaging portraits of professional sport seen through the eyes of an inquisitive and astute hopeful. From the gym, the locker room, the ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, Plimpton documents what it truly means to be a boxer in some of the finest writing of his career.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press
Returns: Returnable
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