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Publisher Faber & Faber Pages 256 Dewey Decimal 796.8 Subject Professional wrestling | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publication date 1 November 2007 ISBN 978-0571236763 Originally published 1 November 2007 Page count 256 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardcover, paperback) Similar We Are at War, Wrestling for My Life: The Lege, Just My Type, To the Letter: A Journey T, The End of Innocence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Wrestling is a nonfiction book by Simon Garfield, a British journalist and non-fiction author. The book charts the rise and fall in popularity of British professional wrestling over the course of the twentieth century.
Overview
The book consists almost entirely of interviews with professional wrestlers (or those who knew them), including Mick McManus, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki and female wrestler Klondyke Kate, often giving the appearance of a conversation between the interviewees and the author.
Garfield also interviews those involved in the promotion of professional wrestling, with a particular focus on the decision of LWT chief Greg Dyke to drop the sport from its schedules in 1988.
References
The Wrestling Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA