Mike Tyson's pulsating rush to the heavyweight championship of the world began when he met Cus D'Amato, a supreme boxing trainer. Their partnership changed Tyson's life and he became the youngest ever champion with awesome physical power - able to intimidate opponents before they got into the ring. He won over 50 fights, won - and lost - over 400 million dollars and served a jail sentence after a dubious conviction for rape. Iron Mike became one of the most famous men on the planet, won and lost his title twice and went bankrupt. After retiring from the ring he appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster and re-invented himself as a charismatic, spell binding story teller in a show directed by Spike Lee. There is only one Mike Tyson - you owe it to yourself to experience the amazing, unique story.

本書は、ボクシング界の怪童が辿った波乱の半生を、単なる記録を超えた「喪失と再生の叙事詩」として描き出します。カス・ダマトとの絆や絶頂、そして転落。著者はタイソンの鋼の肉体に秘められた孤独と、名声に呑まれる人間の脆弱性を鋭い洞察力で浮き彫りにしています。 特筆すべきは映像作品との相乗効果です。スパイク・リー監督の舞台版で見せる饒舌な語りは、本書が描く内省的な葛藤を知ることで真の輝きを放ちます。活字で魂の変遷を辿れば、彼が放つカリスマ性が、数多の傷を乗り越えた末に辿り着いた「表現者」としての凄みであると確信するはずです。