The Harder They Fall Author:Budd Schulberg Budd Schulberg — He is what you would call an "inside" writer. His first smashingly successful novel, WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN?, was written from the inside of Hollywood, and the inside of Sammy. — THE HARDER THEY FALL is a novel about the inside of the fight racket - the brassy women, the gamblers, the promoters, and the hard-muscled men who take th... more »e punches.« less