Nick Tosches was born in New Jersey and is the author of HELLFIRE, and the bestselling DINO.
Dazzling, unforgiving... Tosches and Liston smash their way through
fights and beaten men... Tosches understood the large heart and
vicious ways of Liston and together they take an unforgettable
journey to some of boxing's darkest places
*Steve Bunce, author of 'Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British
Boxing'*
Shooting from the hip, Nick Tosches brings Liston and the lurid
underworld of boxing brilliantly to life... The fullest portrait
yet of this troubled man. Told in the spare, muscular prose Tosches
is known for, Liston's story is the tale of a man who "died on the
day he was born"
*Esquire*
Liston's story comes alive though hard facts and breathtaking
writing... As much about boxing as it is about the darkest side of
the American Dream
*Time Out*
Tosches has a talent for getting inside the skin of men [and]
drawing out meaty stories... The prose sizzles - hard, tough
writing suited to a hard, tough subject
*New York Times Book Review*
Crackling [and] unmissable... A warped fairy tale and a dark murder
mystery
*Maxim*
Brash [and] astute... Tosches gets in the ring and slugs it out
from the first bell as if he were the twin reincarnation of John L.
Sullivan and Jack Dempsey. [He] picks the dirtiest, ugliest,
saddest man the fight game has thrown up in a hundred years and
rides the story all the way to the grave
*Observer*
A fantastic book about a life that started in darkness and
continued to go deeper into the darkness until the only light was
death. Nick Tosches is an extraordinary writer
*Hubert Selby Jr, author of 'Requiem for a Dream'*
A profound voyage into the twisted psyche of a sportsman... Brings
you face to face with [a] hard life and ugly death
*FHM*
Tosches is a remarkable reporter... While Liston demolishes
opponents with the brutality of his blows, Tosches goes down the
mean streets of professional boxing, ventures into the shadowy
corners of mob dealings and dares to reveal the fixed fights... A
great story
*Salon*
[A] hyper-noir meditation on the devil and his relationship to
Sonny Liston... Tosches has attitude to spare, agile and sublime,
smooth and cool... A captivating, tragic tale
*Austin Chronicle*
Grandmaster of grit lit, Tosches writes eloquently about America's
underbelly
*Boston Globe*
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