Review:
"As much a social history of our times as it is a biography of two of our most formidable cultural giants, "Sound and Fury" emerges clearly as a read quite as important as it is poignant and riveting."-- Bill Nack, author of "My Turf: Horses, Boxers, Blood Money, and the Sporting Life" and longtime contributor to "Sports Illustrated" "We thought we knew everything there was to know about Muhammad Ali, but Kindred tells us more. We knew next to nothing about the man behind the facade that was Howard Cosell, and Kindred tells us everything."-- Thomas Hauser, author of "Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times" "Two great American lives demand a great American storyteller. Dave Kindred tells the entwined sagas of Ali and Cosell with depth, feeling, and an indomitable humanity."-- Charles P. Pierce, author of "Hard to Forget: An Alzheimer's Story" and "Sports Guy" "A fine book, honest and carefully reported."-- Jimmy Breslin "Cosell and Ali: it's impossible to think of one without the other. This dynamic look at two outsized personalities is as unique as was their relationship. Ali and Cosell created a form of synergy that transformed the world they dominated. But the triumph here is Kindred's. His prose floats like a butterfly. His reporting, telling it like it is, stings like a bee. Kindred by a knockout."-- Jane Leavy, author of "Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy" and "Squeeze Play" "In this terrific book, Dave Kindred has not only invented a new form, he has set the platinum standard. Even things I thought I knew about Cosell and Ali are richer here. "Sound and Fury" is a shrewd, hilarious, and eventually heartbreaking journey into the nooks and crannies of their lives, surprising even for me, and I was there."-- Robert Lipsyte, author of "The Contender" and "The Brave" "I love Muhammad Ali, and I absolutely love this book. It portrays Ali at his most glorious, most flawed, and most heroic. Dave Kindred's "Sound and Fury" will be the classic Ali biography for generations to come. Plus, there's Howard Cosell agitatin'. What could be more fun?"-- Michael Wilbon, cohost of ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption" "The best books combine a compelling story, superb reporting, and wonderful writing. In "Sound and Fury," Dave Kindred has produced all three elements. This is a book that needs to be read and reread to appreciate just how good it is."-- John Feinstein, author of "Caddy for Life" and "Last Dance" "This book has it all: a great idea, the perfect writer, and two extraordinary characters--Ali and Cosell--whose interconnected lives changed the way we think about sports and society."-- David Maraniss, author of "When Pride Still Mattered"
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