Approaching Ali A Reclamation in Three Acts

Release on 2015-11-23 | by Davis Miller

Yet in the wreck of 'the black Superman,' Miller discovers and celebrates a
spiritual Ali, a bodhisattva molded by the unlikely ... Ali has spanned from his
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Author: Davis Miller
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9781631491160
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 320
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Approaching Ali A Reclamation in Three Acts

The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali’s retirement, told through the story of an unexpected, powerful and life-changing friendship In 1988, then struggling writer and video store worker Davis Miller drove to Muhammad Ali’s mother’s modest Louisville house, knocked on the door, and introduced himself to his childhood idol. Now, all these years later, the two friends have an uncommon bond, the sort that can be fashioned only in serendipitous ways and fortified through shared experiences. Miller draws from his remarkable moments with The Champ to give us a beautifully written portrait of a great man physically devastated but spiritually young—playing mischievous tricks on unsuspecting guests, performing sleight of hand for any willing audience, and walking ten miles each way to grab an ice cream sundae. Informed by great literary journalists such as Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe, and Gay Talese, but in a timeless style that is distinctly his own, Miller gives us a series of extraordinary stories that coalesce into an unprecedentedly humanizing, intimate, and tenderly observed portrait of one of the world’s most loved men.