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“Sonny” is a Boston Globe‘s Best (Sports) Book of 2016

Assael’s account of Liston’s life in a city full of racial tensions, mob connections, and heroin is ...

NY Journal of Books Review Sonny Liston

Author Shaun Assael wades into Liston’s world with a hawk’s eye and the nose of bloodhound. The ...

Sunday Times Crime Club Star Pick: “Well researched and as gripping as the best noir fiction.”

★ STAR PICK ★ NON-FICTION The Murder of Sonny Liston by Shaun Assael

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Forbes: A Film Noir Sort Of Trip Into Sonny Liston’s Mysterious Life And Death

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theLeader (UK) Sports Book Review

Sonny Liston’s tale should be a compelling, ultimately uplifting, rags-to-riches ...

Irish Times: Story of Sonny Liston’s death makes good reading

"Compelling…the most forensic investigation yet…Excellent book read[s] like an Elmore Leonard novel." - ...