The Devil and Sonny Liston
by Nick Tosches
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A biography of the controversial fighter follows Liston from the mean streets, where he was a petty criminal, to the heavyweight championship and his life as a pawn of organized crime. By the author of Power on Earth. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.Tags
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This is a great tale. It is both tragic and touching. It is almost Shakespearian in its themes. Great boxing reportage, biography mixed with gangster lore. A real page turner. The reader will end up caring about Liston who ended life under appreciated and overlooked.
one of the best boxing bios ever.
GREAT CONDITION!
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Born in Newark & schooled in his father's bar, Nick Tosches is one of the most original & individualistic writers at work today. He is the author of acclaimed biographies of Sonny Liston, (The Devil & Sonny Liston), Dean Martin (Dino), the Mafia financier Michele Sindona (Power on Earth), & Jerry Lee Lewis (Hellfire); of several books about show more popular music (Country & Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll); & of the novels "Trinities" & "Cut Numbers". Thirty years of his writing was recently collected into "The Nick Tosches Reader" (Da Capo). He is a contributing editor of "Vanity Fair". He lives in New York City, & his poetry readings are legend. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Alternate titles
- Night Train: The Sonny Liston Story
- People/Characters
- Sonny Liston; Paul John "Frank" Carbo; Frank "Blinky" Palermo; Muhammad Ali
- Important events
- boxing
- Epigraph
- This is a song
for the one who is doomed,
a blow to the heart that breaks the mind.
—ÆSCHYLUS” - Dedication
- TO A BENCH IN THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD,
AND TO A STAR THAT OVER IT SHONE
IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER NIGHT
Classifications
- Genres
- Sports and Leisure, Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 796.83 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Athletic and outdoor sports and games Wrestling / Martial Arts, Judo, Karate Boxing
- LCC
- GV1132 .L53 .T68 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Sports Fighting sports: Bullfighting, boxing, fencing, etc.
- BISAC
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- 229
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- 142,524
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.82)
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 10
- ASINs
- 6
