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2018 biography by Jonathan Eig

Ali: A Life is a biography written by American biographer Jonathan Eig. It was first published in 2018 by Simon & Schuster.

The biography is about Muhammad Ali.^[1][2][3]

Plot summary

Ali: A Life is a biography, chronicling the life of Muhammad Ali, who was previously known as Cassius Clay.

Jonathan Eig wrote the book after conducting interviews with 500 people who knew Ali.^[4][5]

Reception

In 2019 Men's Health named Ali: A Life the 23rd best sports book of all time.^[3] In 2020, Esquire called Ali one of the 35 best sports books ever written.^[6] In a review, Joyce Carol Oates of The New York Times noted that "...As Muhammad Ali's life was an epic of a life so Ali: A Life is an epic of a biography."^[2] It was a finalist for the 2017 NAACP Image Awards, William Hill Sports Book of the Year.^[7][8] It was a finali