The Devil and Sonny Liston
by Nick Tosches

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Summary: 5 Stars

Tosches neither justifies, villifies or passes judgment. That is left for the reader. His research is extensive and acknowledged & there is a constant intensity reaching an inevitable climax followed by a harrowing denouement and finality.

Familiar names from a not too distant past appear, play their apportioned role in the subject's brutal ascent to boxing's ultimate pinnacle & leave the stage much as they entered: actors in a world of street corners, jails, motels and courtrooms: playing their parts because really, what else can one do?

Sonny with bits of paper in his pocket, mixed with coins and dirt. Sonny, in jail, in the ring, in a car, with a woman, any woman, cruel, moody, unflinching, but with a certain sense of humour as only the devil's plaything can understand humour.

The final snapshot of Sonnny complete with shadow and captioned "Vegas, near the end", is a study in itself.

Highly recommended for those who appreciate the bitter, not only in their liquor but in life itself

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