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Ali: A Life
The definitive biography of American icon Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay in racially segregated Louisville, Kentucky, who went on to become a heavyweight boxer with a dazzling mix of power and speed, a warrior for racial pride, a comedian, a preacher, a poet, a draft resister, an actor, and a lover.
Not only the story of a singular life, but also a tale of America itself, about race, a brutal sport, and a courageous man whose accomplishments and beliefs shook up the world, Ali was written by bestselling author Jonathan Eig who has unique access to Ali's inner circle allowing him to reveal Ali with the complexity he deserves, shedding important new light on his politics, religion, personal life, and neurological condition.
"An epic of a biography, Ali's narration for pages in succession reads like a suspenseful novel with a cast of vivid characters.” -- New York Times Book Review