The organisers of this year's Isle of Wight Literary Festival Games drew
their inspiration from the notorious Hampstead Literary Games
of 1927. There was a thrilling finish to the super-heavyweight boxing
of 1927. There was a thrilling finish to the super-heavyweight boxing
tournament that year when the veteran novelist Sabrina Honeywell
collected the gold by delivering a punishing uppercut to her long-time
adversary Brenda Dugong, the literary critic of the Daily Mail.
collected the gold by delivering a punishing uppercut to her long-time
adversary Brenda Dugong, the literary critic of the Daily Mail.
Did Sabrina ever sock it to Hemingway?
ReplyDeleteI don't believe Sabrina and Hemingway ever met. But she might certainly have proved a match for battling Noman Mailer, who rather fancied himself as a boxer. Tough guy Mailer, alas, was barely four years old at the time of the '27 Hampstead Games.
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