Buyers are hitting the ring for The Murder Of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, And Heavyweights from ESPN journalist Shaun Assael. The non-fiction book will be released in book stores on October 18, 2016.
Shaun Assael
In 1970 Las Vegas, Sonny Liston is cashing in on his fading notoriety in the casinos, while also dealing drugs and working as an enforcer for a crime syndicate. All of this as he’s trying to collect the money he believes the Mob owes him for having “thrown” the controversial Cassius Clay fight.