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This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own
A Journey to the End of Boxing
by Jonathan Rendall
ISBN: 088001685X
ISBN-13: 9780880016858
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Memorable, and some very sad, anecdotes on the boxing world in England and the United States by a British journalist.
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"Rendall reaches areas that the common run of boxing writers never dreamt of approaching....A genuinely original contribution to sporting literature."
-- London Times
"[Rendall] can certainly write....He has produced an unsentimental book about boxing that should become a minor classic."
-- Daily Telegraph (London)
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Ecco Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Pages: 187
Publisher's Notes
Fittingly, it is in Las Vegas, boxing's capital, that author Jonathan Rendall, a young British boxing enthusiast, reflects on his own exit from the boxing scene. What unfolds is the true story of his boyhood romance with the sport, his canny coming-of-age as a boxing writer, and his risky bid to bring the unknown Colin "Sweet C" McMillan to the World Featherweight Championship. Written with the detachment of a seasoned journalist, Jonathan Rendall has produced an uncommon sports memoir about having the faith and losing the faith. Intelligent and funny, This Bloody Mary Is the Last Thing I Own is a boxing book with appeal that extends well beyond the ring.
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