Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
FICTION
THE BATTLE OF THE SINGING MEN
Mystery beyond surmise in the night-bound port of Buenos Aires
April
1
1957
GERALD KERSH
JOHN GROTH
THE BATTLE OF THE SINGING MEN
GERALD KERSH
April
1
1957
View Article Pages
FICTION
THE BATTLE OF THE SINGING MEN
Mystery beyond surmise in the night-bound port of Buenos Aires
April
1
1957
GERALD KERSH
JOHN GROTH
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
BOOK CONDENSATION
The Age of Roosevelt
April
1957
By
ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER
ARTICLES
The Bow and the Silver Arrows
April
1957
By
JOHN BENTLEY
SUPPLEMENT
Gamines & Dames
April
1957
By
ALEXANDER KIRKLAND
ARTICLES
The Ten Best Advertisements
April
1957
By
EARNEST ELMO CALKINS
ARTICLES
Cross Section U.S.A.: Jewelry Town
April
1957
By
MONROE FRY
ARTICLES
No Passports for Single Women
April
1957
By
D. L. CHANDLER
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
BOOK CONDENSATION
The Age of Roosevelt
April
1957
By
ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER
ARTICLES
The Bow and the Silver Arrows
April
1957
By
JOHN BENTLEY
SUPPLEMENT
Gamines & Dames
April
1957
By
ALEXANDER KIRKLAND
Fiction
FICTION
The Chinese Dog
JANUARY, 1956
By
ALBERTO MORAVIA
SUPPLEMENT
Questions of Precedence
AUGUST, 1959
By
Francois Mauriac
FICTION
A Monotonous Landscape
MAY 1968
By
Günter Herburger
GERALD KERSH
FICTION
The Undefeated Radetski
AUGUST 1945
By
GERALD KERSH
FICTION
The Devil That Troubled the Chessboard
OCTOBER, 1945
By
GERALD KERSH
FICTION
The Hero Worshiped
DECEMBER, 1946
By
GERALD KERSH
JOHN GROTH
FICTION
The Lord’s Day
JULY 1935
By
CHARLES GRAYSON
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Berlin 1/7/34
SEPTEMBER 1934
By
JOHN GROTH
supplement
Men and Weapons
NOVEMBER, 1951
By
JOHN GROTH
Fiction
Fiction
The Forbidden Island
APRIL, 1953
By
HUGH B. CAVE
Fiction
Rafferty
APRIL, 1958
By
JOHN WAIN
FICTION
A Sense of Direction
DECEMBER, 1943
By
RICHARD SALE
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published