The Set-Up: The Lost Classic by the Author of 'The Wild Party'

by Joseph Moncure March

Written in 1928, The Set-Up is a long narrative poem about the boxing underworld - a hard-boiled tragedy told in syncopated rhyming couplets. When the work was first published it made the bestseller list, and in 1949 it was turned into an award-winning film featuring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. This reprinting of the original, unchanged 1928 poem features dynamic, specially commissioned artwork by Erik Kriek that vividly conveys the story of Pansy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912740087
• ISBN13: 9781912740086
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Korero Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"