{"product_id":"9781501126444","title":"Tiger Woods","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTiger Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jeff Benedict, Armen Keteyian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the HBO documentary from Academy Award–winning producer Alex Gibney.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller based on years of reporting and interviews with more than 250 people from every corner of Tiger Woods’s life—this “comprehensive, propulsive…and unsparing” (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) biography is “\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ean ambitious 360-degree portrait of golf’s most scrutinized figure…brimming with revealing details”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (\u003ci\u003eGolf Digest\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2009, Tiger Woods was the most famous athlete on the planet, a transcendent star of almost unfathomable fame and fortune living what appeared to be the perfect life. But it turned out he had been living a double life for years—one that exploded in the aftermath of a Thanksgiving night crash that exposed his serial infidelity and sent his personal and professional lives over a cliff. In this “searing biography of golf’s most blazing talent” (\u003ci\u003eGOLF \u003c\/i\u003emagazine), Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian dig deep behind the headlines to produce a richly reported answer to the question that has mystified millions of sports fans for nearly a decade: who is Tiger Woods, really?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDrawing on more than four hundred interviews with people from every corner of Woods’s life—many of whom have never spoken about him on the record before—Benedict and Keteyian construct a captivating psychological profile of a mixed race child programmed by an attention-grabbing father and the original Tiger Mom to be the “chosen one,” to change not just the game of golf, but the world as well. But at what cost? Benedict and Keteyian provide the starling answers in this definitive biography that is destined to linger in the minds of readers for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Irresistible…Immensely readable…Benedict and Keteyian bring us along for the ride in a whirlwind of a biography that reads honest and true” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e). Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eTiger Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is “a big American story…exhilarating, depressing, tawdry, and moving in almost equal measure” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Irresistible . . . Immensely readable . . . The authors have laid out a saga that is part myth, part Shakespeare, part Jackie Collins. . . . Benedict and Keteyian bring us along for the ride in a whirlwind of a biography that reads honest and true.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Leigh Montville, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is beauty and awe in this perfectly pitched biography . . . It has torque and velocity . . . It’s a confident and substantial book that’s nearly as sleek as a Christopher Nolan movie. It makes a sweet sound, like a well-struck golf ball. I found it exhilarating, depressing, tawdry and moving in almost equal measure. It’s a big American story. . . . The authors bring grainy new detail to almost every aspect of Woods’s life.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Comprehensive, propulsive, packed with incident . . . and unsparing.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Ian Crouch, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An ambitious 360-degree portrait of golf’s most scrutinized figure . . . The book features fresh reporting on almost every significant element of Woods’ story. . . . It is a book brimming with revealing details.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Sam Weinman, \u003ci\u003eGolf Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I have been trying to write about Tiger since he was a teenager. I thought he was unknowable. This book proves me wrong. Here, finally, is Tiger Woods.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Michael Bamberger, senior writer for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eMen in Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chilling . . . Exhaustively researched . . . The authors present Woods as a man ‘both blessed and cursed’ by his otherworldly ability to separate his off-the-course problems from his performance on it. \u003ci\u003eTiger Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating analysis of the former, but for golf fans—and probably for Woods himself—his worth will still be judged by the latter. . . . What Benedict and Keteyian do better than in any biography I’ve read about Woods is detail the human costs of this machine-like focus.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—John Paul Newport, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“When you read\u003ci\u003e Tiger Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, you realize these are not just high-level reporting gotchas. This is Tiger’s life laid bare.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Bryan Curtis, \u003ci\u003eThe Ringer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Painstaking . . . An exhaustive dive into understanding who Tiger really is . . . Benedict and Keteyian provide extensive details.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A searing biography of golf’s most blazing talent.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGOLF \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Juicy . . . A far-reaching portrait of Tiger on and off the golf course . . . Plenty of new revelations, and incredible additional detail and insight into Tiger’s professional and personal life.”\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eGolf Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Meticulously reported, scrupulously fair, endlessly interesting, Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian’s \u003ci\u003eTiger Woods\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the human being long-hidden behind the golf genius. The story of Tiger’s passage from driven prodigy, to lonely hero, to disgraced celebrity is compelling, and often poignant, from first page to last.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Jeffrey Toobin, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Heiress \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Nine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e had been about golf, or if the great Russian novelists had turned their lens toward modern expectations and fame, toward the most American of fathers and sons, the result would be this book. The rise and fall and return of Tiger Woods in these pages is both mythic and poignantly small and human.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Wright Thompson, senior writer, \u003ci\u003eESPN The Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781501126444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592367419598,"sku":"9781501126444","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_8f1bd447-841d-4602-bb7c-b7f7603726f3.jpg?v=1637766809","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781501126444","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}