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Synopsis
"[Miller's] new book gives you an intimate glimpse of Tragic Ali: a man of once-uncontainable animation now locked behind facial features that do not move 'one-tenth of an inch'". Financial Times
In 1988, then-struggling writer and movie store manager Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Ali's mother's modest Louisville house, knocked on the door, and introduced himself to his childhood idol. Nearly thirty years later, the two friends share an uncommon bond, the sort that can be fashioned only in serendipitous ways and fortified through shared experiences. Miller now draws from those remarkable moments to present a quietly startling portrait of a great man physically devastated but spiritually young. Following in the grand contemporary tradition of writers such as Gay Talese and Nick Hornby, Miller gives us a series of extraordinary stories that coalesce to become the single most intimate look at Ali's retirement years.
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"Astounding book. Important writing." --Esquire
"Each of Mr. Miller's Muhammad Ali tales is lyrical, important, and rigorously humanizing. There is music and truth in each sentence he writes. I can think of no higher praise for a writer or his work."
--Maya Angelou
"(Miller) recounts his 27-year bond with the champ, catching Ali's graceful decline and his influence. Thoughtful, emotive."
--Sports Illustrated"Not like anything else that I have read. What a strange encounter between this extraordinary man and his gifted troubadour. One has the feeling of absolute and radiant verisimilitude, which is exactly what one requires." --Donald Hall, former poet laureate of the United States
About the Author
Davis Miller's work has been published in many of the leading national magazines, including Men's Journal, GQ, and Esquire, among others. He is the internationally best-selling author of two previous books, including The Tao of Bruce Lee, and is co-librettist of the acclaimed chamber opera Approaching Ali, which is based on his story "My Dinner with Ali."
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- PublisherLiveright
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1631492233
- ISBN 13 9781631492235
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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