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The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed. This is an absorbing book, beautifully written. Wall Street Journal
Leavy has hit it out of the parkA lot more than a biography. Its a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this heros self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memory a remarkably rich portrait. Time
The instant New York Times bestseller about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals, for the first time, what drove the three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and thenjust as quicklyinto self-imposed exile.