“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 park…A lot more than a biography. It’s a consideration of how we create our heroes, and how this hero’s 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 then—just as quickly—into self-imposed exile.