Sting Like a Bee - Jose Torres
The Muhammad Ali Story
KORTE INHOUD
Climb inside the ring with a world-champion boxer for a behind-the-scenes look at Muhammad Ali Writers have long been attracted to boxing. Hemingway, Mailer, Algren, Plimpton, Oates, and many others have stepped into the ring--at least in spirit--to give voice to an otherwise wordless sport, to celebrate that “sweet science,” and to bear witness to its romance and tragedy. In Sting Like a Bee, hailed by Norman Mailer as an “impressive event,” we are brought for the first time into the ring for a close-up look at the “manly art” through the eyes of Jose Torres, a man who was a great boxer himself. When former light-heavyweight world champion Jose Torres traded in his gloves for a typewriter, boxing finally found its eyewitness. In this classic book, Torres turns his well-trained eye on one of the most celebrated and controversial athletes of all time: Muhammad Ali. In this penetrating view of Ali and the world of prizefighting, told by a true insider and “boxing’s Renaissance man,” Torres delivers exciting and...
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2001 Uitgever: McGraw-Hill Companies 224 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0071395881 ISBN-13: 9780071395885Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Mooi boek in goede staat, wel wat lichte sporen van gebruik en wat lichte verkleuring. [Titel: Sting Like a Bee]
