NIGHT TRAIN by Nick Tosches ( 9780140279788 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

NIGHT TRAIN
A BIOGRAPHY OF SONNY LISTON

By:

Nick Tosches

Format:

Paperback

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£10.99

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£8.02

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£2.97

ISBN 10:

0140279784

ISBN 13:

9780140279788

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Publisher:

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD

Pub. date:

26 April, 2001

Pages:

272

Description:

Presenting the story of Sonny Liston, this biography also tells about boxing and the dark side of the American Dream.

Synopsis:

'Dazzling... An unforgettable journey to some of boxing's darkest places' Steve Bunce, author of Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British BoxingShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2000A 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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Penguin Books Ltd

Prizes:

Short-listed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2000

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Returnable

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