Jay Neugeboren in Conversation with Jerome Charyn on “Max Baer and the Star of David”

When Jay Neugeboren’s first novel, Big Man, was published, James Michener called it ”as good a sports novel as has ever been written.” Now, nearly a half century later, Neugeboren is publishing Max Baer and the Star of David, his 22nd booka remarkable novel that is centered on the life of the world heavyweight champion Max Baer. In 1933 Baerwho was one-quarter Jewish and wore a Star of David on his boxing trunkswon the greatest fight of his career, defeating Nazi Germany’s heavyweight champion, Max Schmeling, before a crowd of 60,000 fans. A year later, he earned the heavyweight title defeating Primo Carnera in 1934 in front of 50,000 fans at Madison Square Garden Bowl. Baer was a flashy performer and showman who entertained America during the Great Depression. At the height of his fame, he starred in more than a dozen movies, played the vaudeville circuits, and was romantically linked to innumerable starlets, show girls, socialites and Broadway actresses.











When: Wed., Feb. 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Where: Book Culture
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When Jay Neugeboren’s first novel, Big Man, was published, James Michener called it ”as good a sports novel as has ever been written.” Now, nearly a half century later, Neugeboren is publishing Max Baer and the Star of David, his 22nd booka remarkable novel that is centered on the life of the world heavyweight champion Max Baer. In 1933 Baerwho was one-quarter Jewish and wore a Star of David on his boxing trunkswon the greatest fight of his career, defeating Nazi Germany’s heavyweight champion, Max Schmeling, before a crowd of 60,000 fans. A year later, he earned the heavyweight title defeating Primo Carnera in 1934 in front of 50,000 fans at Madison Square Garden Bowl. Baer was a flashy performer and showman who entertained America during the Great Depression. At the height of his fame, he starred in more than a dozen movies, played the vaudeville circuits, and was romantically linked to innumerable starlets, show girls, socialites and Broadway actresses.

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