Night Train: A Biography of Sonny Liston
Autor Nick Toschesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 apr 2001
'Dazzling . . . An unforgettable journey to some of boxing's darkest places' Steve Bunce, author ofBunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing
Sonny Liston is one of the most controversial men the boxing world has ever seen. He rose from a childhood of grinding poverty to become 1962's heavyweight world champion. He spent time in prison, he was known to have mob connections, he was hated and vilified by his public. And after he lost the world title to Cassius Clay in a spectacular fall from grace, he died under mysterious and never fully explained circumstances.
Sonny Liston's life story is an unsolved mystery and an underappreciated tragedy. In uncompromising detail, Nick Tosches captures the shadowy figure of Liston, this most mesmerising and enigmatic of boxing antiheroes.
'Crackling [and] unmissable . . . A warped fairy tale and a dark murder mystery'Maxim
'Nick Tosches is an extraordinary writer'Hubert Selby Jr, author ofRequiem for a Dream
'A profound voyage into the twisted psyche of a sportsman . . . Brings you face to face with [a] hard life and ugly death'FHM
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780140279788
ISBN-10: 0140279784
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 199 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0140279784
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 199 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Nick
Tosches
was
born
in
New
Jersey
and
is
the
author
of
HELLFIRE,
and
the
bestselling
DINO.
Recenzii
Dazzling,
unforgiving...
Tosches
and
Liston
smash
their
way
through
fights
and
beaten
men...
Tosches
understood
the
large
heart
and
vicious
ways
of
Liston
and
together
they
takean
unforgettable
journey
to
some
of
boxing's
darkest
places
Shooting from the hip, Nick Tosches brings Liston andthe lurid underworld of boxingbrilliantly to life... The fullest portrait yet of this troubled man. Told in the spare, muscular prose Tosches is known for, Liston's story isthe tale of a man who "died on the day he was born"
Liston's story comes alive thoughhard factsandbreathtaking writing... As much about boxing as it is aboutthe darkest side of the American Dream
Tosches has a talent for getting inside the skin of men [and] drawing out meaty stories...The prose sizzles - hard, tough writing suited to a hard, tough subject
Crackling [and] unmissable... A warped fairy tale and a dark murder mystery
Brash [and] astute... Tosches gets in the ring and slugs it out from the first bell as if he were the twin reincarnation of John L. Sullivan and Jack Dempsey. [He] picksthe dirtiest, ugliest, saddest man the fight game has thrown up in a hundred yearsand rides the story all the way to the grave
A fantastic book about a life that started in darkness and continued to go deeper into the darkness until the only light was death.Nick Tosches is an extraordinary writer
A profound voyage into the twisted psyche of a sportsman...Brings you face to face with [a] hard life and ugly death
Tosches is a remarkable reporter... While Liston demolishes opponents with the brutality of his blows, Tosches goes down the mean streets of professional boxing, ventures into the shadowy corners of mob dealings and dares to reveal the fixed fights...A great story
[A] hyper-noir meditation on the devil and his relationship to Sonny Liston...Tosches has attitude to spare,agile and sublime, smooth and cool... A captivating, tragic tale
Grandmaster of grit lit, Tosches writes eloquently about America's underbelly
Shooting from the hip, Nick Tosches brings Liston andthe lurid underworld of boxingbrilliantly to life... The fullest portrait yet of this troubled man. Told in the spare, muscular prose Tosches is known for, Liston's story isthe tale of a man who "died on the day he was born"
Liston's story comes alive thoughhard factsandbreathtaking writing... As much about boxing as it is aboutthe darkest side of the American Dream
Tosches has a talent for getting inside the skin of men [and] drawing out meaty stories...The prose sizzles - hard, tough writing suited to a hard, tough subject
Crackling [and] unmissable... A warped fairy tale and a dark murder mystery
Brash [and] astute... Tosches gets in the ring and slugs it out from the first bell as if he were the twin reincarnation of John L. Sullivan and Jack Dempsey. [He] picksthe dirtiest, ugliest, saddest man the fight game has thrown up in a hundred yearsand rides the story all the way to the grave
A fantastic book about a life that started in darkness and continued to go deeper into the darkness until the only light was death.Nick Tosches is an extraordinary writer
A profound voyage into the twisted psyche of a sportsman...Brings you face to face with [a] hard life and ugly death
Tosches is a remarkable reporter... While Liston demolishes opponents with the brutality of his blows, Tosches goes down the mean streets of professional boxing, ventures into the shadowy corners of mob dealings and dares to reveal the fixed fights...A great story
[A] hyper-noir meditation on the devil and his relationship to Sonny Liston...Tosches has attitude to spare,agile and sublime, smooth and cool... A captivating, tragic tale
Grandmaster of grit lit, Tosches writes eloquently about America's underbelly