The Devil and Sonny Liston

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  • The Devil and Sonny Liston Book Detail

  • Author : Nick Tosches
  • Release Date : 2000
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 288
  • ISBN 13 : 9780316897754
  • File Size : 20,20 MB
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The Devil and Sonny Liston by Nick Tosches PDF Summary

Book Description: The anti-Ali, Sonny Liston represents everything that is compelling and terrifying about boxing. An overwhelmingly powerful fighter, Liston rose from a desperately poor childhood to street criminal to world heavyweight champion. He then became the pawn of a series of criminal organizations and was shadowed throughout his life by government investigations, arrests, and the rumor of corruption. The Devil and Sonny Liston is not just the biography of a boxer; it is one of the greatest organized-crime stories ever told and confirms Toschess place as one of the most powerful and original writers of our time. Toschess acclaimed biography of Dean Martin, Dino, sold more than 110,000 copies From the rappers Wu-Tang Clan to writer Thom Jones, people are fascinated by Sonny Liston and by boxing in general. King of the World by David Remnick sold more than 100,000 copies. Tom Cruises Cruise/Wagner Productions is at work on a movie based on this book. A collection of Toschess best writing, The Nick Tosches Reader, is due out in 2000. Tosches is a contributing editor of Vanity Fair.

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