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This wonderful biography charts the extraordinary rise and fall of a flawed sporting legend, and a tragically ...
Ruy Castro is the author of several biographies and collections of quotations. His most recent works include Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music that Seduced the World and Rio de Janeiro: Carnival under Fire. He is currently working on a biography of Carmen Miranda. He lives in Rio de Janeiro.
This wonderful biography charts the extraordinary rise and fall of a flawed sporting legend, and a tragically human hero.