Penguin to Publish Biography of Mike Tyson

Nov 18, 2024

Penguin Press will publish Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson by Mark Kriegel on June 10. World rights were acquired by Penguin VP and publisher Scott Moyers from David Vigliano of Vigliano Associates. Billed as “a story about fame, race, greed, criminality, trauma, and the creation of the most feared and mesmerizing fighter in boxing history,” the book, the publisher said, digs into “concealed truths” about the famed boxer “that were darker and more nuanced” than have previously been reported: “What Peter Guralnick did for Elvis in Train to Memphis and James Kaplan for Sinatra in Frank, Kriegel does for Tyson. It’s not just the mesmerizing ascent that he captures, but Tyson’s place in the American psyche.”

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