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Translated excerpt Reinhard Kleist Knock Out! Die Geschichte von Emile Griffith Carlsen Verlag, Hamburg 2019 ISBN 978-3-551-73363-4 pp. 84-104 Reinhard Kleist Knock Out! The Story of Emile Griffith Translated by Michael Waaler © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 2020 Litrix.de Knock Out! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 2020 Litrix.de 1 GET RID OF THEM!!! IT’S MR. CLANCY. WHY CAN’T THEY JUST LEAVE ME ON PEACE?!? © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 84 2020 Litrix.de 2 I’M SORRY THAT YOU’VE COME ALL THIS WAY FOR NOTHING AGAIN, MR. CLANCY. I DON’T WANT TO SEE ANYONE! TELL HIM, I UNDERSTAND AND THAT HE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND ME. MOMMY ALWAYS TAKES CARE OF ME. © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 85 2020 Litrix.de 3 HI. © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 86 2020 Litrix.de 4 GOOD IDEA. SORRY, OTHERWISE, YOU’D I DON’T CLANCY, I GOT BE THE FIRST IN EVEN WANNA TO GO HOME MY CLUB TO BOX BOX... I JUST AGAIN. I FORGOT NAKED! WANNA...… MY LOCKER KEY. WHY YOU STANDING AROUND LIKE THAT, KID? NOT WHAT? BE HOME ALONE. CAN’T WE PING-PONG? WELL, OKAY OKAY THEN. JUST PLAY NOW YOU THEN. TWO LET’S WORK ON PING-PONG WANNA PLAY DOLLARS FOR YOUR LEG WORK, INSTEAD? PING-PONG!?! THE WINNER! OKAY? © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 87 2020 Litrix.de 5 © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 88 2020 Litrix.de 6 HEY! THAT WAS NET, CLANCY!! I STILL WON. HAND OVER MY TWO DOLLARS! THERE’S THE EMILE THEN I KNOW, NOT THE ONE JUST I WANNA WHO SLUNK IN HERE GIVE ME REMATCH! A MOMENT AGO. SOME TIME, CLANCY. © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 89 2020 Litrix.de 7 BUT IF YOU DO FIGHT, THEN GIVE IT’S OKAY IF IT ALL YOU GOT. YOU DON’T WANNA OTHERWISE, IT’S FIGHT. I CAN STILL OVER FOR YOU AS CALL IT OFF. CHAMPION! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 90 2020 Litrix.de 8 Murderer !!!! GET BACK UP YOUR TREE, YOU APE!!! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 91 2020 Litrix.de 9 TELL ME, IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PARET, DID YOU NOTICE THAT HE WAS ALREADY UNCONSCIOUS? IT’S NICE TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE RING, MR. GRIFFITH! YOU’VE JUST DEFENDED YOUR TITLE. CON- GRATULATIONS!! THE REFEREE NO, I JUST KNOW RUBY GOLDSTEIN HAS HOW DO YOU THAT I HIT HIM. BEEN UNDER A LOT OF NOW FEEL, THAT’S ALL. CRITICISM. SHOULD HE HAVING KILLED I DIDN’T WANT... HAVE STOPPED THE BENNY PARET...? FIGHT EARLIER? I DON’T KNOW... HE WAS JUST DOING HIS JOB … NO MORE QUESTIONS!!! NOT TOO HOT, IT SEEMS! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 92 2020 Litrix.de 10 ...THERE IS NO... ... REASON FOR JUSTIFYING SUCH A BRUTAL SPORT. IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO MAKE BOXING ... COUNT SAFER. THEN I WILL BAN ITS ON THAT! TELEVISED BROADCAST. YOU CAN... HYPOCRITE! THE TRUTH IS THAT WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE RING IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE STREETS. I WHO GOT WAS IT! IT? ... DAMN MURDERER!!! YOU SHOULD SEEMS TO HANG ... BE HAPPENING WRONG A LOT LATELY, NUMBER. CLANCY! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 93 2020 Litrix.de 11 RIGHT! LEFT! KEEP GOING! I AIN’T GONNA LET YOU STOP UNTIL YOUR LEFT HITS JUST AS HARD AS IT USED TO ... WHAT’S THAT IS NO. I THERE? THAT A HAVEN’T JOKE? BEEN HAVE FIGHTING! YOU BEEN FIGHTING? WHEN I SHAVE, WHAT I DON’T USE A MIRROR THEN? ANYMORE! I JUST SEE HIS FACE. I SEE HIM IN MY DREAMS. EVERY NIGHT! HE STANDS THERE AT THE END OF MY BED, JUST LOOKING AT ME. HE’S WITH ME EVERY MINUTE. I CUT I TELL HIM THAT I’M MYSELF... SORRY, BUT HE THAT’S NEVER ANSWERS. WHAT! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 94 2020 Litrix.de 12 I TRIED TO BEAR IT, THAT LOOK HE GAVE ME, BUT I COULDN’T! DIDN’T I BEAR EVERYTHING ELSE? THE EVIL AUNT, THE WRY LOOKS, THE STUPID JOKES! I LAUGHED AND PLAYED THE CLOWN. BUT THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS. THAT’S NOT LIFE. YOU DON’T GET TO CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED! AND I WANT NOTHING MORE AND THEN THAN THAT IT ONE TIME... JUST NEVER I HIT BACK! HAPPENED. YOU SAY SOMETHING, GUY? YOU OKAY BACK THERE? © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 95 2020 Litrix.de 13 YOU WHAT ASKED ME ELSE WAS WHY I JUST MOMMY’S HOUSE WHY I WANTED I GONNA WASN’T PAID OFF. TO KEEP HAD TO HAVE DO? A REMATCH. EVERY FIGHT WAS FIGHTING. GOOD MONEY. AND I DIDN’T WANNA DISAPPOINT CLANCY AND MR. ALBERT. AND MY FANS ... AND YOU? WHY DIDN’T YOU GIVE UP BOXING? OH YEAH? OKAY. I HONESTLY WANTED ... ... I WANTED THE BAD VOICES IN MY HEAD TO STOP! TO NOT HEAR THEM ABOVE THE CLAMOR AND CHEERS! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 96 2020 Litrix.de 14 A SINGING BOXER OF BOXER. THE THE YEAR: CROWD JUST LIKE EMILE LOVES IT! SUGAR RAY. GRIFFITH!!! AIN’T THAT THE TRUTH! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 97 2020 Litrix.de 15 I WANTED TO FORGET. © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 98 2020 Litrix.de 16 SUCH A FANCY RESTAURANT, JUNIOR! ISN’T THIS TOO EXPENSIVE?! I’M WORLD CHAMPION, MOMMY! WELL, WHAT THAT’S THE ELSE CAN YOU FELLA WHO EXPECT FROM KILLED BENNY A NIGGER?!! PARET! I HEARD HE’S ALSO A QUEER... LET’S LOOK OVER THERE, MOMMY... STAND ASIDE, JUNIOR. © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 99 2020 Litrix.de 17 YOU HE’S SHOULD BE TOO GOOD YOU FOR THIS GOOD FOR ASHAMED, TALKING ABOUT WORLD! NOTHINGS MY BOY LIKE !!! THAT!!! LET’S GO, MOMMY! JUST YOU TRY BECOMING WORLD CHAMPION!! YOU AREN’T FIT TO WASH MY JUNIOR’S FEET! YOU BUMS!!!! MOMMIE! IT’S TRUE! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / ©100 2020 Litrix.de 18 HEY, MR. GRIFFITH. TAKE IT EASY ON MY KID. HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE SITTING UP FRONT. WE DON’T WANT ANOTHER BLOODBATH, HAHAHA! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 2020 Litrix.de 19 WHAT ARE I CAN’T DO IT, YOU DOING, CLANCY. I DON’T EMILE? WHERE’S WANNA HURT THAT LEFT THAT ANYONE ELSE! EVERYONE’S SCARED OF?? HEH? WHERE IS IT? THERE’S NO HALF MEASURES HERE! THIS IS GODDAMN BOXING! YOU PROMISED TO FIGHT! AND TAKE TO WIN!!! THOSE GLOVES OFF! © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / ©102 2020 Litrix.de 20 © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / ©103 2020 Litrix.de 21 I CAN’T EVEN MAKE HATS WELL ANYMORE. MR. ALBERT NEVER SAID ANYTHING. HE WANTED TO LET ME ENJOY IT. BUT WHO WANTS TO WEAR THE HAT OF A KILLER? © 2019 Carlsen Verlag / © 2020 Litrix.de 22.