A Neutral Corner

A Neutral Corner

by A. J. LieblingFred Warner and James Harbour
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 04/06/2024

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"Vintage Liebling . . . These fifteen previously uncollected prize-fighting pieces . . . add to the wordsmith's impressive knockout record." — Time


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A. J. Liebling's abiding passion for the "sweet science" of boxing, A Neutral Corner brings together previously unpublished material.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 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.


Praise for A. J. Liebling and A Neutral Corner


"Nobody wrote about boxing with more grace and enthusiasm than Joe Liebling." —Red Smith, The New York Times


"Long before Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson were out of diapers, chubby Joe Liebling was taking his readers on excursions through the hidden and often hilarious levels of the bruised subculture [of boxing] . . . Liebling has the knack of informing and entertaining the uninitiated without boring the aficionados." —Katherine Dunn, Los Angeles Times Book Review


"Anyone who appreciates good prose, if not boxing, will find surprises and satisfaction here." — Publishers Weekly


"No modern writer makes better company." —Malcolm Jones, Jr., Newsweek

ISBN:
9781466896376
9781466896376
Category:
Boxing
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
04-06-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
North Point Press
A. J. Liebling

A. J. Liebling, born in Manhattan in 1904, joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine throughout his lifetime, on subjects ranging from food to boxing and France to horse racing.

As a war correspondent during the Second World War, he reported from France, England and Algeria, and participated in the Normandy landings. In later life he married the writer Jean Stafford, his third wife. He died in 1963.

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