{"product_id":"9781471155949-middlesex","title":"Ali: A Life","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2017\u003cbr\u003eThe first truly definitive biography of Muhammad Ali, the most iconic and significant sporting figure of the twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE.\u003cbr\u003e SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR.\u003cbr\u003e THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR.\u003cbr\u003e WINNER OF THE PEN\/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING.\u003cbr\u003e THE TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The most comprehensive and definitive biography of Muhammad Ali that has ever been published, based on more than 500 interviews with those who knew him best, with many dramatic new discoveries about his life and career. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When the frail, trembling figure of Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996, a TV audience of up to 3 billion people was once again gripped by the story of the world's most famous sporting icon. The man who had once been reviled for his refusal to fight for his country and for his fast-talking denunciation of his opponents was now almost universally adored, the true cost of his \u003cb\u003eastonishing boxing career\u003c\/b\u003e clear to see.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Jonathan Eig's \u003cb\u003eground-breaking biography\u003c\/b\u003e, backed up with much detailed new research specially commissioned for this book, we get a stunning portrait of one of the most significant personalities of the second half of the twentieth century. We are not only taken inside the ring for some of the most famous bouts in boxing history, we also learn about his personal life, his finances, his faith and the moments when the first signs of his \u003cb\u003ephysical decline\u003c\/b\u003e began to show. Ali was a \u003cb\u003esymbol of freedom\u003c\/b\u003e and courage, a hero to many, but this is also a very personal story of a warrior who vanquished every opponent but was finally brought down by his own stubborn refusal to quit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An epic tale of a fighter who became the world's most famous pacifist, \u003ci\u003eAli: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e does full justice to an extraordinary man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e '\u003ci\u003eAli: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the business - 640 pages of patient scholarship and intelligent reassessment written in crackly prose' Giles Smith, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] richly researched, sympathetic yet unsparing portrait . \u003ci\u003eAli: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic of a biography' Joyce Carol Oates, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41644192858209,"sku":"9781471155949","price":6.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31850589.jpg?v=1734681993","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781471155949-middlesex","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}