The Wrestling
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.
 First edition (with image of Kendo Nagasaki) | |
| Author | Simon Garfield |
|---|---|
| Subject | Professional Wrestling |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Publication date | 4 November 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 978-0571236763 |
| 796.8 | |
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.[1]
gollark: You can just work on it during lessons.
gollark: Oh, I forgot you're not in school, you'll be fine then.
gollark: I guess if you trim form time, which you *may* be able to do, then it could work.
gollark: I do not consider 30 minutes or so "ages".
gollark: Okay, ArachnoKarl.
References
- Garfield, Simon 'The Wrestling' Faber and Faber, 2007 ISBN 978-0-571-23676-3 p.145
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