The Sweet Science A.J. Liebling North Point Press, 207 pp. During his 28 years as The New Yorker's resident utilityman extraordinaire, A.J. Liebling assumed many guises. War correspondent. Press critic. Curator of a gallery of misfits and scoundrels who inhabited the fringes of the racetrack and theatrical worlds, among other noble callings. Two-fisted (and -chinned) gourmand. Boxing oracle. But there ... (Full article: 491 words)

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