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PublisherSchaffner Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100980139422

ISBN-139780980139426

eBay Product ID (ePID)71617724

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Book TitleOne Ring Circus : Dispatches from the World of Boxing

Number of Pages248 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicBoxing, Essays

GenreSports & Recreation

AuthorKatherine Dunn

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight11.1 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2008-047522

Reviews"One of our finest novelists is also, hands-down, the best boxing journalist working today." -Lucius Shepard, Nebula and Hugo Awardwinning science fiction writer and boxing journalist, "An exciting new addition to boxing literature. [Dunn's] prose is brilliant, and in a game so fully immersed in danger and utmost peril, the most striking thing is . . . [her]humanity." —Thom Jones, National Book Award finalist, The Pugilist at Rest, "One of our finest novelists is also, hands-down, the best boxing journalist working today." -Lucius Shepard, Nebula and Hugo Awardwinning science fiction writer and boxing journalist, "An exciting new addition to boxing literature. [Dunn's] prose is brilliant, and in a game so fully immersed in danger and utmost peril, the most striking thing is . . . [her]humanity." -Thom Jones, National Book Award finalist,The Pugilist At Rest, "Collects the best and most accessible of [Dunn's] published essays, which vibrantly capture the culture, characters, and atmosphere of the sport [of boxing]." - The Portland Mercury, "Katherine Dunn understands the sport instinctively and writes about it intuitively in this rich collection of her work. Not to coin a cliche, One Ring Circus is a 'Knockout'!" --Bert Randolph Sugar, writer and historian, Boxing Hall of Fame, "Ms. Dunn's collection is already my candidate for boxing book of the year. This one belongs on the top shelf alongside Heinz'sOnce They Heard the Cheersand McIlvanney'sThe Hardest Game." -Peter Ehrmann, CBZ Newswire, CyberBoxingZone, "Collects the best and most accessible of [Dunn's] published essays, which vibrantly capture the culture, characters, and atmosphere of the sport [of boxing]." -The Portland Mercury, "Katherine Dunn understands the sport instinctively and writes about it intuitively in this rich collection of her work. Not to coin a cliche, One Ring Circus is a 'Knockout'!" --Bert Randolph Sugar, writer and historian, Boxing Hall of Fame, "Katherine Dunn understands the sport instinctively and writes about it intuitively in this rich collection of her work. Not to coin a cliche,One Ring Circusis a 'Knockout'!" -Bert Randolph Sugar, writer and historian, Boxing Hall of Fame, "Katherine Dunn understands the sport instinctively and writes about it intuitively in this rich collection of her work. Not to coin a cliche, One Ring Circus is a 'Knockout'!" -Bert Randolph Sugar, writer and historian, Boxing Hall of Fame, "One of our finest novelists is also, hands-down, the best boxing journalist working today." --Lucius Shepard, Nebula and Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer and boxing journalist, "An exciting new addition to boxing literature. [Dunn's] prose is brilliant, and in a game so fully immersed in danger and utmost peril, the most striking thing is . . . [her]humanity." --Thom Jones, National Book Award finalist, The Pugilist at Rest, "Ms. Dunn's collection is already my candidate for boxing book of the year. This one belongs on the top shelf alongside Heinz's Once They Heard the Cheers and McIlvanney's The Hardest Game ." -Peter Ehrmann, CBZ Newswire, CyberBoxingZone, "Collects the best and most accessible of [Dunn's] published essays, which vibrantly capture the culture, characters, and atmosphere of the sport [of boxing]." -- The Portland Mercury, "One of our finest novelists is also, hands-down, the best boxing journalist working today." —Lucius Shepard, Nebula and Hugo Award--winning science fiction writer and boxing journalist, "Katherine Dunn understands the sport instinctively and writes about it intuitively in this rich collection of her work. Not to coin a cliche, One Ring Circus is a 'Knockout'!" —Bert Randolph Sugar, writer and historian, Boxing Hall of Fame, "Collects the best and most accessible of [Dunn's] published essays, which vibrantly capture the culture, characters, and atmosphere of the sport [of boxing]." — The Portland Mercury, "Every Dunn essay is a polished blend of empathy, artistry and informed opinion . . . A game fringed with bagmen and bloviators, shysters and showoffs, has finally got the wise, lucid spokeman it needs and deserves." -CyberBoxingZone.com, Featured in the Los Angeles Times Book Review's "Summer Books, Hot Type, 60 Picks for Best Reads of the Summer", "One of our finest novelists is also, hands-down, the best boxing journalist working today." --Lucius Shepard, Nebula and Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer and boxing journalist, "Ms. Dunn's collection is already my candidate for boxing book of the year. This one belongs on the top shelf alongside Heinz's Once They Heard the Cheers and McIlvanney's The Hardest Game ." --Peter Ehrmann, CBZ Newswire, CyberBoxingZone, "An exciting new addition to boxing literature. [Dunn's] prose is brilliant, and in a game so fully immersed in danger and utmost peril, the most striking thing is . . . [her]humanity." --Thom Jones, National Book Award finalist, The Pugilist at Rest, "An exciting new addition to boxing literature. [Dunn's] prose is brilliant, and in a game so fully immersed in danger and utmost peril, the most striking thing is . . . [her]humanity." -Thom Jones, National Book Award finalist, The Pugilist at Rest, "Ms. Dunn's collection is already my candidate for boxing book of the year. This one belongs on the top shelf alongside Heinz's Once They Heard the Cheers and McIlvanney's The Hardest Game ." —Peter Ehrmann, CBZ Newswire, CyberBoxingZone, "Collects the best and most accessible of [Dunn's] published essays, which vibrantly capture the culture, characters, and atmosphere of the sport [of boxing]." -- The Portland Mercury, "Ms. Dunn's collection is already my candidate for boxing book of the year. This one belongs on the top shelf alongside Heinz's Once They Heard the Cheers and McIlvanney's The Hardest Game ." --Peter Ehrmann, CBZ Newswire, CyberBoxingZone, Featured in theLos Angeles Times Book Review's"Summer Books, Hot Type, 60 Picks for Best Reads of the Summer"

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal796.83

SynopsisPublished together for the first time, this anthology of essays on boxing covers the sport in all its forms and at its many levels. Written in bestselling author Katherine Dunn's characteristic vernacular, these pieces range from portraits of legendary fighters such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, and Mike Tyson to the unsung stories of trainers, amateurs, promoters, cutmen, and a pair of pugilistic priests. Spanning 30 years and including all who make up the vibrant boxing world, this compilation--from one of the most original voices in American sports literature--finely elevates the sport and communicates its beauty, passion, and character.

LC Classification NumberGV1135.D86 2009