Match fighter and writer in terms of style

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  1. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    JCC and Hemingway: That's a given. Brutal subtlety with nothing wasted. You rather feel than see the numbing effect of the execution.

    Ali and Shakespeare: Should be too flowery to really be good, but still the point gets home with fierce beauty.

    McCallum and Fitzgerald: Tremendous elegance without falling into the trap of being elaborate. So natural that it seems no more than an extension of the "author".

    Tyson and Ellroy: Unrelenting focussed and precise aggression. Goes for the jugular from the off without ever losing balance or precision.

    Yours?
     
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  2. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Really good thread :good

    James Toney and Harold Robbins - Undeniable skill but sometimes overshadowed by a bit of gratuitous crudity
     
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  3. Stevie G

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    Still racking my brains for some more. Very original idea,Bokaj.
     
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  4. the_bigunit

    the_bigunit Well-Known Member Full Member

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    You calling Ali derivative?
     
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  5. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thanks! Haven't heard of Robbins. What has he written?
     
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  6. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Don't know. Am I?
     
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  7. Seamus

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    Monzon - Borges... Seemingly simple style but brutal, otherworldly results...

    Nice thread. I will think more about this.
     
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  8. Stevie G

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    He was a Thriller/soapy type of writer. Very near the knuckle for his time. He wrote books such as -

    The Betsy
    The Carpetbaggers
    A Stone For Danny Fisher
     
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  9. Stevie G

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    Floyd Mayweather Jr - Thomas Hardy

    Sublimely skilled but drags things out a lot :D
     
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  10. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Hey... I like Hardy!

    Using the same logic, I will go Pernell Whitaker - Marcel Proust
     
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  11. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Good to see you back B.:good
     
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  12. LittleRed

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    Jung Koo Chang and Thomas Pynchon: you're not sure what he's doing or how he's doing it, but you're sure it is genius.
     
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  13. Stevie G

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    It sure is :good
     
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  14. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Archie Moore - Leslie Charteris

    Went on and on for years but the quality of the narrative rarely flagged
     
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  15. Flea Man

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    That's exactly the comparison I was going to make!!!!
     
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