King of the World

Succeeds more than any previous book in bringing Ali into focus … as a starburst of energy, ego and ability whose like will never be seen again * Wall Street Journal *Penetrating … reveals details that even close followers might not have known… . An amazing story * New York Times *Nearly pulse-pounding narrative power … an important account of a period in American social history * Chicago Tribune *A pleasure … haunting … so vivid that one can imagine Ali saying, “How’d you get inside my head, boy?” * Time *By now we all have our notions about what Ali meant - to his time and to the history of his sport. Of course David Remnick sheds light on these subjects, but where King of the World really shines is in the ring itself. With telling detail, Remnick captures the drama, danger, beauty, and ugliness of a generation’s worth of big heavyweight fights – Bob CostaAstute, double-hearted, irresistible. He is so completely in charge of his craft that it becomes an art. – Toni Morrison, author of Beloved

David Remnick has been the editor of The New Yorker since 1998. He was a staff writer for the magazine from 1992 to 1998 and, previous to that, the Washington Post’s correspondent in the Soviet Union. He won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1994 for his book Lenin’s Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.