The Good Son - by Mark Kriegel (Paperback)

Name: The Good Son - by Mark Kriegel (Paperback)
Brand: Simon & Schuster
SKU: 81922629
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From the bestselling author of Pistol and Namath, a vivid, revealing, and fast-paced biography of the great boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini.Frank Sinatra fawned over him.
Author(s): Mark Kriegel
336 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Sports

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From the bestselling author of Pistol and Namath, a vivid, revealing, and fast-paced biography of the great boxer Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini.Frank Sinatra fawned over him. Warren Zevon wrote a tribute song. Sylvester Stallone produced his life story as a movie of the week. In the 1980s, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini wasn't merely the lightweight champ. An adoring public considered him a national hero, the real Rocky. But it all came apart on November 13, 1982, in a brutal battle at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Mancini's obscure Korean challenger, Duk Koo Kim, went down in the fourteenth round and never regained consciousness. Three months later, Kim's despondent mother took her own life. The deaths would haunt Ray and ruin his carefully crafted image, suddenly transforming boxing's All-American Boy into a pariah. With the vivid style and deep reporting that have earned him renown as a biographer, Mark Kriegel has written a fast-paced epic. The Good Son is an intimate history, a saga of fathers and fighters, loss and redemption.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)

Weight: .7 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 336

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Sports

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Format: Paperback

Author: Mark Kriegel

Language: English

Street Date: July 9, 2013

TCIN: 81922629

UPC: 9780743286367

Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-9790

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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