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Seconds out

Author: Martín Kohan; Nick Caistor
Publisher: London : Serpent's Tail, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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New York, 1923, the Argentine Luis Angel Firpo, called the Wild Bull of the Pampas, knocks out of the ring the American Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world. However, the referee does not  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Fiction
Named Person: Luis Firpo; Jack Dempsey
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Martín Kohan; Nick Caistor
ISBN: 9781846686375 1846686377
OCLC Number: 327145200
Language Note: Translated from the Spanish.
Description: 249 p. ; 20 cm.
Responsibility: Martin Kohan ; translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor.

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"This is subtle, complex book. At its heart is the fight itself or more precisely the fall of the champion whose essence is analysed in a virtuoso, slow-motion cut up into moments that crystallize an Read more...

 
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