A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex
by Chris Jericho
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Author: Chris JerichoEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-01
ISBN: 044669861X
Number of pages: 544
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Book Reviews of A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex
Book Review: Waaay Off the Beaten Path -- a Rewarding Detour
Summary: 5 Stars
"A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex by Chris Jericho" is not my normal reading. I don't follow wrestling (although I do recall watching the matches of Andre the Giant, Chief Strongbow and the ilk when I was a kid. I had three older brothers, and there were only three channels on the television). But with a title containing the words, 'around the world in spandex', how could I resist?
I picked up the book to get an idea of whether it was any good and I was hooked. My weekend was shot. I started the book Saturday afternoon, and didn't close the cover until Sunday evening at 5:30.
No, I'm not a wrestling fan, but I am a fan of a good autobiography with a clear voice, and Chris Jericho tells a good and compelling tale, totally unabashed in allowing the reader in on every humiliating mistake of his, and others', careers. I quickly learned that our suspiciions as kids watching Chief Strongbow and Andre the Giant that the matches were more about being a master showman than about competition were true.
Chris has no qualms in revealing that and every other 'secret' of the wrestling world, and I finished the book with a new appreciation of the industry: it's the last vaudeville show on earth, complete with desperate, starving performers and a motley crew of characters that would put any circus to shame. The stunts, the `ribs' (practical jokes) and the sometimes depravity described gives an insider view of one very bizarre, yet very tight-knit, world.
What won double kudos from me is that Chris, in his `let it all hang out' style of story-telling also addressed his Christian roots, his Christian faith, and had absolutely no problem head-lining Jesus Christ under his acknowledgments.
I can't recommend this as your typical Christian read, but for those of you who don't mind some bad language and allusions to some pretty sick behavior by some characters, this is a rollicking good story.
Rebecca Melvin, author of In the Brief Eternal Silence and CEO of Double Edge Press Christian Publishing/Hummingbird World Media
Summary of A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex
A New York Times bestseller, WWE World Champion Chris Jericho's autobiography charts his path from small-town Canadian kid to big time World Wrestling Federation star.Chris is the first undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the WWE and WCW, and has been named one of the fifty greatest wrestlers of all time. In A Lion's Tale, he dishes the dirt on how he worked his way through the ranks alongside major wrestling stars like Lance Storm to become a major superstar.
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