by David Remnick · Debols!llo · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788499086606
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«Rey del mundo: Muhammad Ali y el nacimiento de un héroe americano» is David Remnick's biography, published by Debolsillo in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
The book narrates Muhammad Ali's rise from the gyms of Louisville to the 1964 fight against Sonny Liston, when Cassius Clay became world heavyweight champion. Remnick portrays the boxing of the era and places the fighter within the racial and cultural tensions of the United States in the 1960s.
The Spanish edition dates from 2010 and belongs to the Essay | Biography collection. David Remnick is editor of The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
For boxing fans and sports biography enthusiasts, and for readers interested in the social and racial history of the United States.
David J. Remnick is an American journalist, writer, and editor. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for his book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, and is also the author of Resurrection and King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero. Remnick has been editor of The New Yorker magazine since 1998. He was named "Editor of the Year" by Advertising Age in 2000. Before joining The New Yorker, Remnick was a reporter and the Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post. In 2010, he published his sixth book, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama.
