The Harder They Fall

by Budd Schulberg

Overview

The celebrated novel of the prize ring that has lost none of its power since its first publication almost fifty years ago. "The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption."-USA Today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566631075
Publisher:	Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Publication date:	02/01/1996
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	357
Sales rank:	548,661
Product dimensions:	5.11(w) x 8.15(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Budd Schulberg is also the author of What Makes Sammy Run?, The Disenchanted, Sparring with Hemingway, On the Waterfront (play and screenplay), and Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince. He lives in Westhampton Beach, New York.

What People are Saying About This

Arthur Miller

"The book will stand not only as the novel about boxing but also as a book that indirectly tells more about civilization than do most books about civilization itself."

Gene Punney

"Billiant, witty, and amusing...the best book on fighting that I have read."

Editorial Reviews

Brilliant, witty, and amusing...the best book on fighting that I have read.

The book will stand not only as the novel about boxing but also as a book that indirectly tells more about civilization than do most books about civilization itself.

The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption.

From the Publisher

Brilliant, witty, and amusing...the best book on fighting that I have read.

Gene Tunney

The book will stand not only as the novel about boxing but also as a book that indirectly tells more about civilization than do most books about civilization itself.

Arthur Miller

The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption.

USA Today

The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption.

USA Today

Schulberg's 1947 novel took on the world of boxing, presenting it as a ring of corruption ruled by organized crime and crooked promoters. (LJ 8/47)

Library Journal