Tyson’s idiosyncratic voice comes through clearly on the page here - not just his mix of profane street talk and 12-step recovery language, cinematic descriptions of individual fights and philosophical musings, but also his biting humor and fondness for literary and historical references that run the gamut from Alexandre Dumas to Tolstoy to Lenin to Tennessee Williams…. Parts read like a Tom Wolfe-ian tour of wildly divergent worlds: from the slums of Brooklyn to the high life in Las Vegas to the isolation of prison…. “Parts of read like a real-life Tarantino movie.
“Tyson was ever practised at delivering the early killer blow and so it is with this gripping and indecently enthralling autobiography….Tyson always had a way with words – although much of the credit for this book must go to his ghostwriter Larry “Ratso” Sloman, who not only makes Tyson’s life read like an Elmore Leonard thriller, but gifts him with considerable self-awareness and a memorably pithy turn of phrase….recounted in gripping, punch-by-punch detail in prose pungent with the reek of blood, sweat and petroleum jelly.” –Mick Brown, The Telegraph (UK) He had a punch like a thunderbolt from Zeus, but there have been a lot of big bangers in boxing Mike Tyson’s came with a pulsating story line like few others.” –Gordon Marino, Wall Street Journal His narrative reminds us of just how far he has come from his rough beginnings, and, in a way, how close he remains to them.
Tyson’s life…Unlike other sports memoirists, he doesn’t pull punches, offering up slashing comments on people who were once close to him. “ Undisputed Truth is raw, powerful and disturbing-a head-spinning take on Mr. Thompson on a narcotics-filled road trip - with the ensuing antics captured on video by assorted paparazzi.” –Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times Reading Tyson’s memoir is like watching a Charles Dickens street urchin grow up to join Hunter S. “A masterpiece … grimly tragic on one page, laugh-out-loud funny on the next, and unrelentingly vulgar and foul-mouthed. Years later, we made it happen and this book exploded throughout the world. I suggested it when he was in jail for a crime that he didn’t commit. It was always my dream to work with Mike on his memoir.
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