Grappling with the greatest. (interview with writer David Remnick on boxing great Muhammad Ali)(Interview)

From: Interview | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: Lemon, Brendan | Copyright information

David Remnick's new book, 'King of the World' is like no other biography on Muhammad Ali. His uncommon approach is marked by the way he focuses on Ali's dangerous years, which were the early 1960s, and his powerful insights on Ali's influence in American culture.

In an extraordinarily revealing new book, New Yorker editor David Remnick shows how Muhammad Ali's blend of defiance and humor changed the sound and feel of the '60s as much as did the Beatles or the Rolling Stones

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