As we were discussing last February:
RARA-AVIS: Re: Sports Noir (particularly boxing):
I've only begun it, before packing it away this summer in the
course of moving house (and haven't dug it back out yet), but
Michael Shaara's boxing novel THE BROKEN PLACE probably
belongs here (his sports- fiction novella FOR THE LOVE OF THE
GAME might well not, haven't even started that one yet...the
film would suggest no, but that's the film).
Walter Tevis's billiards novels THE HUSTLER and THE COLOR OF
MONEY seem also likely candidates.
While the likes of WP Kinsella's SHOELESS JOE or Dan
Jenkins's sports novels are probably not quite desperate
enough for (most definitions here of) noir.
But I surely would like to get my hands on William Campbell
Gault's adult sports novels...thanks for the citation,
Richard [Moore]!
Todd Mason
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