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Approaching Ali: A Reclamation in Three Acts
Davis Miller
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Description for Approaching Ali: A Reclamation in Three Acts
Paperback. The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali's life after boxing, told through the story of an unexpected friendship. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 photographs. BIC Classification: BGS; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 194.
In 1988, then struggling writer 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 have 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 give us a beautifully written portrait of a great man physically devastated but spiritually young-playing tricks on unsuspecting guests, performing sleight of hand for any willing audience and walking ten miles each way to get an ice cream. Following in ... Read more
In 1988, then struggling writer 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 have 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 give us a beautifully written portrait of a great man physically devastated but spiritually young-playing tricks on unsuspecting guests, performing sleight of hand for any willing audience and walking ten miles each way to get an ice cream. Following in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631492235
SKU
V9781631492235
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Davis Miller
Davis Miller's award-winning stories have been published in many of the leading national magazines-Men's Journal, GQ, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, and Rolling Stone, 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 classic story, My Dinner ... Read more
Reviews for Approaching Ali: A Reclamation in Three Acts
[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 Ali's friendship with Davis is brilliantly detailed in the author's latest book Approaching Ali: A Reclamation In Three Acts.
Mirror Online
Financial Times Ali's friendship with Davis is brilliantly detailed in the author's latest book Approaching Ali: A Reclamation In Three Acts.
Mirror Online