Muhammad Ali In Fighter's Heaven - Softcover

Bockris, Victor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099564432 ISBN 13: 9780099564430

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

'The man who has no imagination Stands on earth He has no wings He cannot fly' Muhammad Ali Just off Highway 61 in northern Pennsylvania, up the dirt drive of a wooded hill lay a place called Fighter's Heaven. This was once the training camp of the 'greatest of all times'. From early '73 through the summer of '74 Victor Bockris visited Muhammad Ali, while Ali was preparing for his epic battle in Zaire to regain the World Heavyweight crown from the fearsome George Foreman. Bockris, who was later to write about people like William Burroughs, Andy Warhol and Lou Reed was less interested in his subject's boxing career and ambitions than in his extraordinary gifts as a poet, preacher and performer. As Muhammad Ali said himself of this book, 'These are some of the things I don't reveal to the public too much'.

About this title

About the Author:

Victor Bockris has written biographies of Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Keith Richards, Patti Smith, and has co-authored books with William Burroughs, Debbie Harry, and John Cale. He lives in New York City.

Review:

Bockris allows Ali to speak for himself.... This is a portrait that goes beyond the myth-making. (G. Q.)

An intriguing companion to the documentary When We Were Kings.... Bockris paints a vivid picture of what it was like to spend extended time with Ali. (Financial Times)

An intimate, personal view. (Esquire)

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0099564432
• ISBN 13: 9780099564430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128