Summary
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the author of The Dynasty and Tiger Woods—the “definitive…fantastic” biography of basketball superstar LeBron James, based on three years of exhaustive research and more than 250 interviews.
LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of the twenty-first century, and he’s in the conversation with Michael Jordan as the greatest of all time. The reigning king of the game and the first active NBA player to becom…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781982110901 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1982110902 |
| Author: | Jeff Benedict |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 140mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
“LeBron is an appropriately epic portrait … thoroughly fleshed out in Benedict’s crisp style and skillfully-set scenes … Benedict provides the most comprehensive profile yet in this biography truly fit for the King.”
–Booklist
“LeBron is fantastic. Add it to your list.”
–Jon Bon Jovi
“An absolutely consumable book. It’s the kind of in-depth reporting and context that you just don’t get… . I thought I knew just about everything about LeBron. But the details and the digging here are so fun.”
–Colin Cowherd
“Engrossing … This authoritative account renders the athlete’s life in fascinating, fine-grained detail… . Even devoted fans will emerge with a greater understanding of the superstar.”
–Publishers Weekly
“Inspiring … An absorbing chronicle of talent, character, pluck, and luck.”
–Wall Street Journal
“Masterful … Propulsive … This is a fast break of a book, slicing into the many mini-narratives that James has lived and artfully tying them together to create a portrait of a man who has, by his own design, remained an enigma except to those he decides to trust. Benedict has constructed a sort of sports opera fueled by the drama and emotion surrounding his subject, but never sensationalistic or unfair… Benedict’s greatest feat here might be the way he cuts through both the public hysteria surrounding James and the superstar’s own protective field to paint a portrait of a man in full… . LeBron isn’t just great sportswriting, it’s also vivid narrative journalism.”
–Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times
“The definitive biography … It’s fantastic… . So rich in granular detail.”
–Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated
“The definitive biography of LeBron James … [Readers] will appreciate the perspective Benedict provides when it comes to just how much James changed the perception of what it means to be a modern athlete.”
–Associated Press
Jeff Benedict
Jeff Benedict is the bestselling author of seventeen nonfiction books. He’s also a film and television producer. He is the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller Tiger Woods. The book was the basis of the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Tiger, which Benedict executive produced. The Dynasty, the definitive inside story of the New England Patriots under Robert Kraft, Bill Belichick, and Tom Brady, was a New York Times bestseller. The book is the basis of a forthcoming ten-part documentary series for Apple TV+, which Benedict is executive producing. His critically acclaimed book Poisoned is the basis of a Netflix documentary, which Benedict executive produced. His legal thriller Little Pink House was adapted into a motion picture starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Benedict wrote Steve Young’s New York Times bestselling autobiography QB, which was the basis of an NFL Films documentary. Benedict’s biography of LeBron James was published in 2023.
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