"The Duke is a harrowing tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, and
a gripping read. Don't miss it."-T. J. English, New York Times
bestselling author Havana Nocturne An American Gothic... In the
early 1990s, Tommy Morrison, a young roughneck from Jay, Oklahoma,
burst onto the boxing scene to become one of the most controversial
fighters of his era. Handsome, eloquent, and dynamic, Morrison
parlayed destructive knockout power and a homespun personality into
celebrity status throughout middle America, where boxing rarely
prospered. But it was his starring role in Rocky V alongside
Sylvester Stallone that propelled him to stardom-and ultimately led
to his tragic downfall. His brush with Hollywood fame triggered a
limitless appetite for parties, liquor, and sex. When Morrison was
shockingly diagnosed with HIV in 1996, his life imploded, and his
subsequent descent into drugs, prison, bigamy, and conspiracy
theories made Morrison notorious long after his glory days had
ended. In The Duke, Carlos Acevedo chronicles Morrison's tumultuous
life from his days as a teenaged Toughman contestant, to his
victory over George Foreman, to his struggles with HIV and
depression, to his death at forty-four, when his delusions finally
overtook him. Morrison himself was a divisive figure but critics
and readers are unanimous about Acevedo's The Duke. "This is a big
American saga writ large, just the sort of tortured tale Carlos
Acevedo tells so well."-Don Stradley, author of The War:
Hagler-Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages "I love how Carlos
Acevedo writes. He's detached and immersive, observant and
detailed, unsparing and fair. He brings to life what I love-and
what I don't love-about boxing. That's clear in The Duke, which
examines not just Tommy Morrison, but Morrison's place in boxing,
celebrity culture, and the greater sports consciousness. It's the
perfect marriage of writer and subject, written sharply, broadly
and expertly-and hard to put down."-Greg Bishop senior writer,
Sports Illustrated
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