The Sweet Science

A.J. Liebling's classic New Yorker pieces on the "sweet science of bruising" bring vividly to life the boxing world as it once was.

The Sweet Science depicts the great events of boxing's American heyday: Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback, Rocky Marciano's rise to prominence, Joe Louis's unfortunate decline. Liebling never fails to find the human story behind the fight, and he evokes the atmosphere in the arena as distinctly as he does the goings-on in the ring--a combination that prompted Sports Illustrated to name The Sweet Science the best American sports book of all time.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: 09/29/2004
ISBN: 9780374272272
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.62w x 0.84d

Review Citations: New York Review of Books 11/18/2004 pg. 12
Booksense '76 December 2004 12/01/2004 pg. 1