What makes Eig’s book stand out is its broad scope, its detailed reportage and its lively, cinematic writing.Įig conducted more than 500 interviews for this book, examined FBI files on Ali and unearthed a trove of taped interviews that Ali had done with Sports Illustrated when he was still Cassius Clay. There have been many biographies, full and partial, including one published in May.
Some of us remember his life unfolding on television others grew familiar with him when he lit the Olympic Torch in 1996, his arm trembling from Parkinson’s. Much of the story of Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay Jr.) is widely known. “Ali” is a big, fat, entertaining and illuminating read. He lets the details of the story speak for themselves - and he has a lot of details, and a lot of stories. A reader might make that link, but Eig is far too precise of a biographer to draw conclusions based on conjecture. “Rudy threw as hard as he could while his older brother jumped, ducked, and darted,” writes Jonathan Eig in “Ali: A Life,” his stunning new biography of the three-time heavyweight boxing champion.Įig does not say that those early years of ducking and darting led to the boxer’s later skill at dodging and dancing in the ring. As a child, Cassius Clay used to stand in the space between his family’s home and the house next door and urge his little brother to throw rocks at him.
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