From Library Journal
Schulberg's 1947 novel took on the world of boxing, presenting it as a ring of corruption ruled by organized crime and crooked promoters. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.


USA Today
The quintessential novel of boxing and corruption.


Arthur Miller
The book indirectly tells more about civilization than do most books about civilization itself.


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


Book Description
The celebrated novel of the prize ring that has lost none of its power since its first publication almost fifty years ago.

ANNOTATION

Schulberg, best known for On the Waterfront and A Face in the Crowd, wrote a relentless expose of the fight racket 50 years ago--a celebrated novel of the prize ring that has lost none of its power since its first publication. Crowded with unforgettable characters, The Harder They Fall tells of an Argentinian peasant ballyhooed by an unscrupulous fight promoter and his press agent.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Budd Schulberg's celebrated novel of the prize ring has lost none of its power since its first publication almost fifty years ago. Crowded with unforgettable characters, it is a relentless expose of the fight racket. A modern Samson in the form of a simple Argentine peasant is ballyhooed by an unscrupulous fight promoter and his press agent - and then betrayed and destroyed by connivers. Mr. Schulberg creates a wonderfully authentic atmosphere for this book that many critics hailed as even better than What Makes Sammy Run? The wrongs of the boxing business that the book illuminates are still with us.

FROM THE CRITICS

Library Journal

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)

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"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