{"product_id":"the-knockout-artist-paperback","title":"The Knockout Artist - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarry Crews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eS. a. Cosby\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrews's novel about a boxer with the gift of knocking \u003ci\u003ehimself\u003c\/i\u003e unconscious, with a new foreword by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author S. A. Cosby \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA favorite of longtime Harry Crews fans, \u003ci\u003eThe Knockout Artist\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) portrays Eugene Talmadge Biggs, a young boxer from rural Georgia whose champion rise is diverted by a vulnerability, or gift, for knocking \u003ci\u003ehimself\u003c\/i\u003e unconscious. As he begins to exploit his talents, the notorious Knockout Artist journeys a hero's descent into the New Orleans underworld and meets characters who have long since checked their morals at the door. The unforgettable climax shows Crews at his virtuoso best, when Eugene confronts his truth, and sets out to claim his freedom and win his own self-respect.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Crews\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1935 at the end of a dirt road in Alma, Bacon County, Georgia, a rural community near the Okefenokee Swamp. A protégé of Southern novelist Andrew Lytle, Crews published his first short story in the \u003ci\u003eSewanee Review \u003c\/i\u003ein 1962. He published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel Singer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein 1968. Its publication earned Crews a new teaching job at the University of Florida and paved the way for the publication of seven more novels over the next eight years, including \u003ci\u003eNaked in Garden Hills \u003c\/i\u003e(1969); \u003ci\u003eCar \u003c\/i\u003e(1972); \u003ci\u003eThe Hawk Is Dying \u003c\/i\u003e(1973), which was adapted into a film released in 2006; \u003ci\u003eThe Gypsy's Curse \u003c\/i\u003e(1974); and the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eA Feast of Snakes \u003c\/i\u003e(1976). Crews's reputation as a bold and daring new voice in Southern writing grew during this time. In the 1970s, he wrote for popular magazines, including a monthly column for \u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003eand essays for \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and screenplays. In 1978, Crews's memoir of his youth, \u003ci\u003eA Childhood: The Biography of a Place\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas published to enduring acclaim. Two compilations of his nonfiction works, \u003ci\u003eBlood and Grits \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFlorida Frenzy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewere issued in 1979 and 1982, respectively. A decade of drug and alcohol abuse and creative lapses ended in 1987 with the publication of his ninth novel, \u003ci\u003eAll We Need of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e. Crews retired from the classroom after teaching for thirty years at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Crews, who died in 2012 at age seventy-six, was a prominent writer in the literary genre known as Dirty South or Grit Lit.Crews remade Southern gothic in his own rough-hewn image in eighteen memorable novels, including \u003ci\u003eKarate Is a Thing of the Spirit \u003c\/i\u003e(1971), \u003ci\u003eThe Knockout Artist \u003c\/i\u003e(1988), and \u003ci\u003eBody \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), dozens of riveting nonfiction pieces, and one of the finest memoirs in American literature. In 2002, the University of Georgia Libraries inducted Harry Crews into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. \u003cb\u003eS.A. Cosby \u003c\/b\u003e(foreword) is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eRazorblade Tears \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBlacktop Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book, and was named a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eNPR, The Guardian, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. His latest novel is \u003ci\u003eAll The Sinners Bleed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256565317881,"sku":"9780143137931","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PUzp7ufNmQ9780143137931.webp?v=1768734682","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-knockout-artist-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}