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The anit-Ali, Sonny Liston represents everything that is compelling and terrifying about boxing. An overwhelmingly powerful fighter, Liston rose from a desperately poor childhood to street criminal to world heavyweight champion. He than became the pawn of a series of criminal organizations and was shadowed throughout his life by government investigations, arrests, and the rumor of corruption.THE DEVIL AND SONNY LISTON is not just the biography of a boxer; it is one of the greatest organized-crime stories ever told and confirms Tosches's place as one of the most powerful and original writers of our time.

"Mr. Tosches is an exhaustive reporter....He can also write vividly when moved...."

Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times, 04/10/2000

"While Mr. Tosches's macho prose can read like a bad DRAGNET script, his exhaustive research paints as clear a picture as we're likely to get of his enigmatic subject."

Chris Gay, Wall Street Journal, 04/21/2000

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