{"product_id":"king-of-the-world-by-david-remnick-9781035091379","title":"King of the World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was the night of February 25, 1964. A cloud of cigar smoke drifted through the ring lights. Cassius Clay threw punches into the grey floating haze and waited for the bell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mould. He changed the world of sports and went on to change the world itself: from his early fights as Cassius Clay, the young, wiry man from Louisville, unwilling to play the noble and grateful warrior in a white world, to becoming Muhammad Ali, the voice of black America and the most recognised face on the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKing of the World\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of an incredible rise to power, a book of battles fought inside the ring and out. With grace and power, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Remnick tells of a transcendent athlete and entertainer, a rapper before rap was born. Ali was a mirror of his era, a dynamic figure in the racial and cultural clashes of his time, and \u003cem\u003eKing of the World\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic piece of non-fiction and a book worthy of America's most dynamic modern hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47900901048556,"sku":"9781035091379","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035091379-king-of-the-world.jpg?v=1783434899","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/king-of-the-world-by-david-remnick-9781035091379","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}