The Game [Paperback]

Jack London (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 21, 2008

The Game is a book written by Jack London. It is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great novel will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, The Game is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Jack London is highly recommended. Published by Quill Pen Classics and beautifully produced, The Game would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library.

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About the Author

Jack London (1876–1916) wrote such classics as Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf. Introducer Michael Oriard is the author of Reading Football: How the Popular Press Created an American Spectacle and other works. He is a professor of English at Oregon State University.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 45 pages
• Publisher: Quill Pen Classics (October 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605897485
• ISBN-13: 978-1605897486
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Just a Game, October 30, 2007

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Dick Stull "Existential Professor" - See all my reviews
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The Game is a must for any Jack London aficionado or anyone not familiar with the quintessential California adventurer and turn-of-the-century American literary superstar. Penned when London was at the peak of his publishing powers, The Game is about a subject London knew well- boxing. London, who had many a scrape in his time, was a boxing sportswriter for the San Francisco Examiner, sparred with the "Bohemian set" in northern California, and saw allegorical alchemy in the "manly art."

Protagonist Jack Fleming is drawn between his love of the game and his fiancée, Genevieve. Though uncomprehending of Jack's love of boxing, Genevieve attends his fight with the savage John Ponta. The lead-up and resolution is representative of London's themes of the civilized vs. the brute, class struggle, melodramatic love, and man's violent nature. Oregon Sate Professor Literature Michael Oriard's fine historical and biographical commentary in the introduction details how London's The Game was a forerunner of later works by Ernest Hemingway, Don DeLillo, Bernard Malamud and Robert Coover. Oriard reveals how London was a man of his time who romanticized both the working class and the Nietzschean super-hero. His citations of London's newspaper articles and personal correspondence give cultural context to this story/allegory, which London himself called one of his personal favorites. American Ashcan painter George Bellow's famous painting "Club Night" from the National Gallery graces the cover of this edition. Bellow's fighters in primal struggle along with the distorted faces and blood lust of the crowd is a perfect pick for London's The Game. This book is a classic piece in boxing fiction, representative of many recurring themes in London's works and some would argue a timeless take on human nature.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Straight-forward and engaging Jack London, July 16, 2003

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Bobby Newman (Long Beach, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Game (Paperback)

Jack London had a real interest in boxing, and this work shows just how much he truly understood it. While there is not the development that there was in The Abysmal Brute, this shorter novella holds the interest and has you caring about the characters. It is of historical interest to Jack London fans in that London received negative reviews that called the story's boxing sequences unrealistic, and yet he had letters from championship boxers complimenting him on just how realistic it was.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great choice for a quick single sitting read, July 16, 2011

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C. J. Leach (Midwest, United States) - See all my reviews
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A five star book for what it is . . .

This is an engaging quick-reading novella. On the surface it's about prize-fighting, which London had some experience with. Deeper, the author shows remarkable insight as to the intricate workings of courtship between boy and girl (with prizefighting being "the other woman" in this case), and indeed even broader implications for the whole man/woman relationship tangle.

Simply and powerfully written, but not really a simple story. I really enjoyed this, and it's so short that this is a no-risk reading endeavor.