ESQUIRE'S SECOND SPORTS READER

by Arnold -- Ed. Gingrich ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 20, 1946

This- for the general reader interested in sports stories- doesn't measure up the first Sports Reader. Could it be a growing cynicism- or simply that these stories are more truly keyed to Esquire audience? Almost all of them give the seamy sordid side-most of them are tawdry. There's a grisly hunting story to start with, a guide plots death for the boss who offended him, and is caught in the act. There are numerous prize fight stories- big boxers are ""fixed""; one good one, Rose Into Cauliflower has a new slant. There are anticlimaxes,- a pilot breaks an altitude record- but dies as aftermath; a kid practises with knives to be a bull fighter and is killed. The first half of the book seems wholly in this vein; the last half offers some measure of relief, with even a few stories of sports for sports sake. Authors include Hemingway, Gallico, Aiken, Scott Fitzgerald, etc.

Pub Date: May 20, 1946

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Barnes

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1946

Categories: FICTION