Description
| Product ID: | 9781447289555 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Picador Classic |
| Title: | King of the World |
| Subtitle: | Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero |
| Authors: | Author: David Remnick |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Biography: sport, Biography: sport, Boxing, Boxing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A hugely literate, intelligent evocation of the great heavyweight champion and sportsman of the twentieth century. <p><b>With an introduction by Salman Rushdie and an</b><b> afterword by the author.<br><br></b><i>It was the night of February 25, 1964. A cloud of cigar smoke drifted through the ring lights. Cassius Clay threw punches into the gray floating haze and waited for the bell.</i><br><br>When Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mould. He changed the world of sports and went on to change the world itself: from his early fights as Cassius Clay, the young, wiry man from Louisville, unwilling to play the noble and grateful warrior in a white world, to becoming Muhammad Ali, the voice of black America and the most recognized face on the planet. <br><br><i>King of the World</i> is the story of an incredible rise to power, a book of battles fought inside the ring and out. With grace and power, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Remnick tells of a transcendent athlete and entertainer, a rapper before rap was born. Ali was a mirror of his era, a dynamic figure in the racial and cultural clashes of his time and <i>King of the World</i> is a classic piece of non-fiction and a book worthy of America's most dynamic modern hero.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-10-08 |