'Dazzling... An unforgettable journey to some of boxing's darkest places' Steve Bunce, author of Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British Boxing
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2000
A breathtakingly brutal and evocative account of the life of infamous boxing world champion Sonny Liston
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.
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'Shooting from the hip, Nick Tosches brings the lurid underworld of boxing brilliantly to life' Esquire
They called Sonny Liston the 'King of the Beasts'. Fighting his way up from a childhood of grinding poverty to victory in the World Heavyweight Championship 1962, Liston was a controversial champion: he spent time in prison, had infamous mob connections, was hated and hounded by his public. And then, after losing the world title to Cassius Clay in a spectacular fall from grace, Sonny Liston died under sudden and mysterious circumstances.
Night Train is a brutal and vivid portrait of a world champion and the corrupt, violent underworld that shaped him. In uncompromising detail, Nick Tosches captures the shadowy figure of Sonny Liston, this most mesmerising and enigmatic of boxing antiheroes.
'Clean, evocative prose, hard facts and lyrical, occasionally breathtaking writing... As much about boxing as it is about the darkest side of the American Dream' Time Out
'Tosches has a talent for getting inside the skin of men... The prose sizzles... Hard, tough writing suited to a hard, tough subject' New York Times Book Review
'Grandmaster of grit lit, Tosches writes eloquently about America's underbelly' Boston Globe
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