{"product_id":"iron-mike-a-mike-tyson-reader-paperback","title":"Iron Mike: A Mike Tyson Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Plimpton\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIron Mike\u003c\/i\u003e collects the best writing on the tumultuous fifteen-year career of the most reviled and idolized athlete in the world, Michael Gerard Tyson. Since becoming, at age nineteen, the youngest heavyweight champion in history, Tyson's dramatic rise, fall, and continuing struggle has provoked more passionate writing, both in and out of the sports pages, than that of any other boxer since Muhammad Ali. Iron Mike is about more than boxing. Like no other athlete, Mike Tyson is at the nexus of America's cultural anxieties about race, class, masculinity, violence, and celebrity; like no other athlete his story of high drama and low comedy inspires writers to wrestle with these themes, with Tyson often no more than the occasion for the writer's own preoccupations. And Tyson has provided many such occasions: his rise to the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship at age twenty-one; his rocky marriage to Robin Givens; his controversial conviction for the rape of Desiree Washington; his return to boxing and reclamation of the WBC and WBA belts; his biting of Evander Holyfield. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIron Mike\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic portrait of a man who, for better and worse, is one of the most recognizable, popular, and defining icons of our time. The book includes selections from Joyce Carol Oates, Pete Hamill, Jose Torres, Pete Dexter, Phil Berger, Christopher Hitchens, Robert Lipsyte, Dave Anderson, Jonathan Yardley, Richard Rodriguez, Katherine Dunn, Budd Schulberg, William Plummer, David Remnick, Keith Botsworth, and others.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Plimpton\u003c\/b\u003e (1927-2003) was the bestselling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote regularly for such magazines as \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.07 x 9.12 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759262564640,"sku":"9781560253563","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dbcf7cfb02857d3e4b9ae63236026568.webp?v=1780147241","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/iron-mike-a-mike-tyson-reader-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}