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The Fight. Boston: Little, Brown, 21 July; London: Hart-Davis, 1976. Nonfiction narrative on the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman 30 October 1974 boxing match in Zaire, 239 pp., $7.95.

No dedication. Rpt: An earlier, shorter version of the narrative appeared in two parts in Playboy (75.8, 75.9). Mailer includes excerpts from eight chapters in The Time of Our Time (98.7). See 64.18, 67.12, 71.15, 71.26, 75.13, 77.13.

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Now our Man of wisdom had a vice. He wrote about himself. Not only would he describe the events he saw, but his own small effect on events. This irritated critics. They spoke of ego trips and the unattractive dimensions of his narcissism. Such criticism did not hurt too much. He had already had a love affair with himself, and it used up a good deal of love. He was no longer pleased with his presence. His daily reactions bored him. They were becoming like everyone else’s. His mind, he noticed, was beginning to spin its wheels….

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— Mailer, 75.12

Cover of the first edition.

Bibliography

Reviews

Boyer, Brian D. (July 27, 1975). "Norman Mailer's Great White Hope Is Still Himself". Chicago Tribune. Sec. 7, 3. Negative.
Higgins, George V. (August 3, 1975). "Another View of Foreman-Ali". Boston Globe. Sec. A. p. 15. Positive.
Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (July 14, 1975). "Mailer on Ali and Forman". New York Times. p. 23. Mixed.
Scannell, Vernon (July 30, 1976). "Three-Cornered Ring". Times Literary Supplement. p. 948. Mixed.
Sheppard, R. Z. (July 21, 1975). "Jaws". Time. pp. 62–63. Mixed.
Wood, Michael (July 27, 1975). "Mohammad Ali versus George Foreman via Norman Mailer". New York Times Book Review. pp. 1–2. Positive.

Essays

Boddy, Kasia (2010). "Mailer, Hemingway, and Boxing". Mailer Review. 4: 139–158.
Cirino, Mark (2010). "Norman Mailer's The Fight: Hemingway, Bullfighting, and the Lovely Metaphysics of Boxing". Mailer Review. 4: 123–138.
Collins, Michael (2013). "Ali Even Motivates the Dead". PMLA. 128 (summer): 322–336.
Fried, Ron (2013). "Mailer's Boxing Journalism". Mailer Review. 7: 222–230.
Fuchs, Jean Thomas (2014). "Mailer and Ali: Existential Affinities". Mailer Review. 8: 177–185.
Lennon, J. Michael (2016). "Introduction: A Meeting of Giants". In Lennon, J. Michael. Mailer/Bingham/Leifer: The Fight. Los Angeles: Taschen. Conceived by Lawrence Schiller, photographs by Neil Leifer and Howard M. Bingham, Art Direction, Nina Wiener. Abridged, oversized, illustrated volume.
Lounsberry, Barbara (1990). The Art of Fact: Contemporary Artists of Nonfiction. New York: Greenwood Press. pp. 174–180.
Lowenburg, Bill (2010). "Hooking Off the Jab: Norman Mailer, Ernest Hemingway and Boxing". Mailer Review. 4: 105–122.
Plimpton, George (1990). "Hunter Thompson and Norman Mailer". The Best of Plimpton. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 117–130.

v t e Norman Mailer: Works and Days — 1960s
1850s 1860s 1870s 1890s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
1960	60.1 60.2 60.3 60.4 60.4a 60.5 60.6 60.6a 60.7 60.8 60.9 60.10 60.10a 60.10b 60.10c 60.10d 60.10e 60.10f 60.10g 60.10h 60.11
1961	61.1 61.2 61.2a 61.3 61.3a 61.3b 61.3c 61.4 61.5 61.5a 61.6 61.7 61.8 61.9 61.10 61.11 61.12 61.13 61.14 61.15 61.16 61.17 61.18 61.19 61.20 61.21 61.21a 61.21b 61.21c 61.22 61.22a 61.23
1962	62.1 62.2 62.3 62.4 62.5 62.5a 62.6 62.7 62.8 62.9 62.10 62.11 62.12 62.12a 62.13 62.13a 62.13b 62.14 62.15 62.16 62.17 62.17a 62.17b 62.18 62.19 62.20 62.21 62.22 62.23 62.24 62.25
1963	63.1 63.2 63.3 63.4 63.5 63.6 63.7 63.8 63.9 63.10 63.11 63.12 63.13 63.14 63.15 63.16 63.17 63.18 63.19 63.20 63.21 63.22 63.23 63.24 63.25 63.26 63.27 63.27a 63.28 63.29 63.30 63.31 63.31a 63.32 63.33 63.34 63.35 63.36 63.37 63.37a 63.38 63.39 63.40
1964	64.1 64.2 64.3 64.4 64.5 64.6 64.7 64.8 64.9 64.10 64.10a 64.11 64.12 64.13 64.14 64.15 64.16 64.17 64.18 64.19 64.20 64.21 64.22 64.23
1965	65.1 65.2 65.2a 65.3 65.4 65.4a 65.5 65.6 65.7 65.8 65.9 65.10 65.11 65.11a 65.12 65.13 65.14 65.15 65.16 65.17 65.18 65.19 65.20 65.21 65.22 65.23 65.24
1966	66.1 66.2 66.3 66.4 66.5 66.6 66.7 66.8 66.9 66.10 66.11 66.12 66.13 66.14 66.15
1967	67.1 67.2 67.3 67.4 67.4a 67.4b 67.5 67.6 67.7 67.8 67.9 67.9a 67.10 67.11 67.11a 67.12 67.13 67.14 67.15 67.16 67.17 67.18 67.19 67.19a 67.20 67.21 67.22 67.23 67.24
1968	68.1 68.1a 68.2 68.3 68.3a 68.3b 68.3c 68.4 68.5 68.6 68.6a 68.6b 68.6c 68.6d 68.7 68.7a 68.8 68.8a 68.8b 68.9 68.10 68.11 68.12 68.13 68.14 68.15 68.16 68.16a 68.16b 68.16c 68.17 68.18 68.19 68.20 68.21 68.21a 68.22 68.23 68.23a 68.24 68.25 68.26 68.27 68.28 68.29 68.30 68.31 68.32
1969	69.0 69.1 69.1a 69.2 69.3 69.4 69.5 69.6 69.7 69.8 69.9 69.10 69.11 69.12 69.13 69.14 69.15 69.16 69.17 69.18 69.19 69.20 69.21 69.22 69.23 69.24 69.25 69.26 69.27 69.28 69.29 69.30 69.31 69.32 69.33 69.34 69.34a 69.35 69.36 69.37 69.38 69.39 69.40 69.41 69.42 69.43 69.44 69.45 69.46 69.47 69.48 69.49 69.50 69.51 69.52 69.53 69.54 69.55 69.56 69.57 69.58 69.59 69.60 69.61 69.62 69.63 69.64 69.65 69.66 69.67 69.68 69.69 69.70 69.71 69.72 69.73 69.74 69.75 69.76 69.77 69.78 69.79 69.80 69.81 69.82 69.83

v t e Norman Mailer: Works and Days — 1970s
1850s 1860s 1870s 1890s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
1970	70.1 70.2 70.3 70.3a 70.4 70.5 70.6 70.6a 70.7 70.8 70.9 70.10 70.11 70.12 70.13 70.13a 70.14 70.15
1971	71.1 71.2 71.3 71.4 71.5 71.6 71.7 71.8 71.9 71.10 71.11 71.12 71.13 71.14 71.14a 71.15 71.15a 71.16 71.17 71.18 71.19 71.20 71.21 71.22 71.23 71.24 71.25 71.26 71.27 71.27a 71.28 71.29 71.30 71.30a 71.30b 71.30c 71.31 71.32 71.33
1972	72.0 72.0a 72.1 72.2 72.3 72.3a 72.3b 72.3c 72.4 72.5 72.6 72.7 72.8 72.9 72.10 72.11 72.12 72.13 72.14 72.15 72.16 72.17 72.18 72.19 72.20 72.21 72.21a 72.22 72.23 72.24
1973	73.1 73.2 73.3 73.4 73.5 73.6 73.7 73.8 73.8a 73.9 73.10 73.11 73.12 73.13 73.14 73.15 73.16 73.17 73.18 73.19 73.20 73.21 73.22 73.23 73.24 73.25 73.26 73.27 73.28 73.29 73.30 73.31 73.32 73.33 73.34 73.35 73.36 73.37 73.38 73.39 73.40 73.41 73.42 73.42a 73.43 73.43a 73.44 73.45 73.46 73.47
1974	74.1 74.2 74.3 74.4 74.5 74.6 74.7 74.8 74.9 74.10 74.11 74.12 74.13 74.14 74.15 74.16 74.17 74.18 74.19 74.20
1975	75.1 75.2 75.3 75.4 75.5 75.6 75.7 75.8 75.9 75.10 75.11 75.12 75.13 75.14 75.15 75.16
1976	76.1 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.5 76.5a 76.6 76.7 76.8 76.8a 76.9 76.10 76.11 76.12 76.13 76.14 76.15 76.16 76.17 76.18 76.19 76.20 76.21 76.21a 76.21b 76.22 76.23
1977	77.1 77.2 77.3 77.3a 77.4 77.5 77.6 77.7 77.8 77.9 77.10 77.11 77.12 77.13 77.14
1978	78.1 78.2 78.2a 78.3 78.3a 78.4 78.5 78.6 78.7
1979	79.1 79.2 79.3 79.3a 79.4 79.4a 79.5 79.5a 79.5b 79.6 79.7 79.8 79.9 79.10 79.11 79.12 79.13 79.13a 79.13b 79.14 79.14a 79.15 79.16 79.17 79.18 79.19 79.20 79.20a 79.21 79.22 79.23 79.24 79.25 79.26 79.27 79.28 79.29 79.30 79.31 79.32 79.33 79.33a 79.33b 79.34 79.35 79.35a 79.36

v t e Norman Mailer: Works and Days — 1980s
1850s 1860s 1870s 1890s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
1980	80.1 80.2 80.3 80.3a 80.4 80.4a 80.5 80.5a 80.6 80.7 80.8 80.9 80.10 80.11 80.12 80.13 80.13a 80.14 80.15 80.16 80.17 80.17a 80.18 80.19 80.20 80.21 80.22 80.23 80.24 80.25 80.26
1981	81.1 81.2 81.3 81.4 81.5 81.5a 81.6 81.7 81.8 81.9 81.10 81.11 81.12 81.13 81.14 81.15 81.16 81.17 81.18 81.19 81.20 81.21 81.22 81.23
1982	82.1 82.1a 82.1b 82.2 82.3 82.4 82.5 82.6 82.7 82.8 82.9 82.10 82.10a 82.11 82.12 82.13 82.14 82.15 82.16 82.17 82.18 82.19 82.19a 82.20 82.21 82.22 82.22a 82.23 82.24 82.25 82.26
1983	83.1 83.2 83.3 83.4 83.5 83.6 83.6a 83.7 83.8 83.9 83.10 83.10a 83.11 83.12 83.13 83.14 83.15 83.16 83.17 83.18 83.19 83.20 83.21 83.22 83.23 83.24 83.25 83.26 83.27 83.27a 83.28 83.29 83.30 83.31 83.32 83.33 83.34 83.35 83.36 83.37 83.38 83.39 83.40 83.41 83.42 83.43 83.44 83.45 83.46 83.46a 83.46b 83.47 83.48 83.49 83.50 83.51 83.52 83.53 83.54 83.55 83.56 83.57 83.58 83.59
1984	84.1 84.2 84.3 84.3a 84.4 84.5 84.6 84.7 84.7a 84.7b 84.8 84.9 84.10 84.11 84.12 84.13 84.14 84.15 84.15a 84.15b 84.16 84.17 84.18 84.19 84.20 84.21 84.22 84.22a 84.23 84.23a 84.23b 84.24 84.25 84.26 84.26a 84.27 84.27a 84.27b 84.28 84.29 84.30 84.31 84.32 84.33 84.34 84.35
1985	85.1 85.2 85.3 85.4 85.4a 85.5 85.5a 85.6 85.6a 85.7 85.7a 85.8 85.9 85.10 85.11 85.12 85.13 85.14 85.15 85.16
1986	86.1 86.1a 86.2 86.3 86.4 86.5 86.6 86.7 86.8 86.9 86.10 86.11 86.12 86.13 86.14 86.15 86.16 86.17 86.18 86.19 86.20 86.21 86.21a 86.22 86.23 86.24 86.25 86.26 86.27 86.27a 86.28 86.29 86.30 86.31 86.32 86.33 86.34 86.35 86.36 86.37 86.38 86.39 86.39a 86.40 86.40a 86.41 86.42
1987	87.1 87.2 87.2a 87.3 87.3a 87.4 87.5 87.6 87.7 87.8 87.9 87.10 87.10a 87.10b 87.10c 87.11 87.11a 87.12 87.13 87.14 87.14a 87.15 87.16 87.17 87.18 87.19 87.20 87.21 87.22 87.23 87.23a 87.24 87.25 87.26 87.26a 87.27 87.27a 87.28 87.29 87.30
1988	88.0 88.1 88.2 88.3 88.4 88.5 88.6 88.7 88.8 88.9 88.9a 88.10 88.11 88.12
1989	89.0 89.1 89.1a 89.2 89.3 89.4 89.5 89.5a 89.6 89.6a 89.7 89.8 89.9 89.10 89.11 89.12 89.13 89.14