Undisputed Truth, My Autobiography By Mike Tyson
Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography
The Visceral, No-Holds-Barred Chronicle of Heavyweight Supremacy, Infamy, and the Ultimate Fight for Soul Redemption
The Visceral, No-Holds-Barred Chronicle of Heavyweight Supremacy, Infamy, and the Ultimate Fight for Soul Redemption
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Undisputed Truth: My Autobiography
- Author: Mike Tyson (with Larry Sloman)
- Publisher: HarperSport (An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers), London
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN-10: 0007502534
- ISBN-13: 9780007502530
- Edition Details: First Trade Softcover Edition, First Printing.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium heavy-gauge illustrated card wrappers with a deep matte protective finish (paperback).
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 580 pages. Thoroughly enhanced with an exclusive central repository of high-contrast color and historical black-and-white photography plates documenting his Brooklyn childhood, championship knockouts, and global celebrity encounters.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Used - Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Wraps: The original softcover illustrated wrappers present in beautiful, structurally sound condition. The front and back cover panels remain highly vibrant, clean, and lay flat. The wrappers exhibit slight, standard shelf-rubbing and very slight, microscopic knocking along the extreme rear edges, entirely consistent with careful handling. The spine is completely pristine, perfectly straight, uncreased, and undamaged. This massive 580-page volume has clearly been well-maintained and looked after thus far.
- Interior: The text block is exceptionally tight, square, and robustly bound. Internal leaves are clean, bright white, and completely intact. The entire text is completely free of traditional user highlighting, underlying annotations, ex-libris library stamps, owner name inscriptions, or dealer markings.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 2014 following its explosive run as a global bestseller, Undisputed Truth stands as one of the most raw, visceral, and astonishingly honest sports memoirs ever produced. Bypassing traditional celebrity spin, this book pulls absolutely no punches as it chronicles the remarkable life of Iron Mike Tyson, a sporting titan who was born and raised to brutality, reached the absolute apex of worldwide stardom, and was subsequently driven to the brink of total self-destruction.
Co-written alongside Larry Sloman—acclaimed co-author of Anthony Kiedis's best-selling memoir Scar Tissue—Tyson strips down his complex character to reveal the fascinating, sensitive man beneath the violent exterior. The narrative maps his harrowing youth in the crime-ridden streets of Brooklyn, his transformative bond with legendary trainer Cus D'Amato, and his historic rise to become the youngest undisputed heavyweight champion in boxing history. Tyson speaks with terrifying candour about his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his high-profile marriages, his tragic descent into crime, substance abuse, and global infamy, and his point-by-point experiences behind bars. This premium first-printing collectible copy serves as an indispensable primary historical archive capturing a cultural turning point in modern professional sports.
Author Profile: Mike Tyson & Larry Sloman
Mike Tyson is an American boxing legend, a former Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World, and one of the most recognizable and polarizing cultural icons in modern history. Renowned for his ferocious, intimidating knockout power and peerless peek-a-boo defensive tactics, he successfully unified the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles in the late 1980s. His chaotic, high-stakes exploits both inside and outside the squared circle permanently altered the financial and entertainment scale of global professional combat sports.
Larry "Ratso" Sloman is a highly distinguished American author, biographer, and cultural journalist. Celebrated for his exceptional narrative pacing and his unique ability to capture the authentic, raw voices of anti-heroes and rock stars, Sloman has authored numerous critically acclaimed bestsellers. His expert literary partnership with Tyson ensures this sports biography cuts through media sensationalism to deliver an authoritative, definitive masterpiece of modern non-fiction literature.
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