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Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin Magic Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life.
Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted the dowdy sport of American professional basketball from a second-tier sport with low ratings into the global spotlighta transformation driven by Magic's ability to eviscerate opponents with a playing style that featured his grand sense of fun. He was a master entertainer who directed the Los Angeles Showtime Lakers to the heights of both glory and epic excess, all of it driven by his mind-blowing no-look passes and personal charm.
Then, in 1991, at the height of his charismatic power, Johnson shocked the world with a startling cautionary tale about sexually transmitted disease that pushed public awareness of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Then out came his confession of unprotected sex with hund
