A Mans World The Double Life Of Emile Griffith Donald Mcrae by Donald Mcrae 9781471132346, 147113234X instant download after payment.

'McRae - a South African who is arguably Britain's most garlanded author on sport - has done it again with the story of a black boxer who was secretly gay, killed an opponent in the ring, and then got pugilistic dementia. An astonishing story, simple told through a mix of sensitive interviews and deep reading' Financial Times, Books of the Year 2015
'Thanks to the selflessness of his final partner and the accomplishment of his biographer, he was blessed' The Sunday Times
'In the early 1960s it was impossible to believe that any sporting hero could be a homosexual... A Man's World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith tells of a fight with terrible consequences... The night boxer Emile Griffith answered gay taunts with a deadly cortege of punches.' --Guardian
'McRae does what few writers want to do these days... he takes himself out of the equation and simply tells the story, letting the intriguing cast of characters imbed themselves in our brain long after it's over... Highly recommended.'Boxing Scene
'A Man's World, the story of the troubled double life led by the former world welterweight and middleweight champion, the late Emile Griffith, is one of the most compelling books on boxing I have ever read.' --Alan Hubbard, FrankWarren.com
''I kill a man and most people forgive me. I love a man and many say this makes me an evil person.' That poignant quote is on the cover of Donald McRae's brilliant book, revealing the suffering Emile Griffith endured'The Sun
'Elegantly woven together, at times poignant, and always absolutely gripping.' Sport Magazine
'Sensitively exploring Griffith's double life and delving deep into the worlds of sexuality and violence in 1960s America. McRae produces a triumph' --The Sunday Times Books of the Year 2015