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Publication Name
Ghosts of Manila
Title
Ghosts of Manila
EAN
9780007141395
ISBN
9780007141395
Topic
Sports & Hobbies
Release Year
2002
Release Date
05/08/2002
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Length
129mm
UPC
9780007141395
Publication Year
2002
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Ghosts of Manila
Item Height
198mm
Author
Mark Kram
Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
170g
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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A brilliant and often brutal account of the dual lives of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and the long-running feud between them. Be prepared to have your previously held opinions challenged, then shattered, by this thought-provoking study. Set against the backdrop of the 'Thrilla in Manila', the epic 1975 battle which many aficionados consider the greatest heavyweight fight ever, Ghosts of Manila offers a dramatic insight into the 30-year feud between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Celebrated American sports journalist Mark Kram has spent nearly the same amount of time preparing to write this book - and the result is a hugely impressive piece of research and social history. When Ali and Frazier met in Manila for the third act of their trilogy of fights, their rivalry had spun out of control. More than a clash of personalities and fighting styles, the rivalry, inflamed by the media, took on overtones of politics and race. But in the aftermath of Manila the hype no longer mattered: one man was left with a ruin of a life; the other was battered to his soul. Frazier is now in an advanced state of blindness, still consumed by hate; Ali's once agile and powerful body is withered by the grip of Parkinson's disease. Kram's book begins with the boxers themselves - who they are and were. They began as friends, with a genuine, if grudging, respect for each other. They were turned into enemies as much by pride as forces over which they had no control. Weaving together past and present, Kram explodes the hagiography surrounding both fighters, particularly Ali, and presents the reader with the rarest of literary achievements: a psychologically riveting study of two heroes, many myths, and the reality behind it all. No one who reads Ghosts of Manila will ever think of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in the same way again ...

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Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers
ISBN-13
9780007141395
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94345586

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Book Title
Ghosts of Manila
Author
Mark Kram
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
240 Pages

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Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
170g

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Title_Author
Mark Kram
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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