{"product_id":"manute-leigh-montville-9781451620726","title":"Manute: The Center of Two Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eFormer columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Leigh Montville shares the inspiring biography of Manute Bol, a 7'7\" Dinka tribesman recruited into fame by the Philadelphia 76ers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the time he entered the NBA, Minute Bol was the tallest man ever to play professional basketball. Standing at 7'7\", he could dunk a ball without even leaving the floor. But his life was not always one of the glamour and fame that comes with playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in a village in the south of Sudan, Bol left a primitive culture with strict patriarchy rules and no written language and traveled to the high-tech, glitzy arenas of the NBA. In this dazzling debut, Leigh Montville takes readers through Manute's wildly disparate worlds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leigh Montville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451620721\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451620726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"Leigh Montville","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935902793983,"sku":"9781451620726","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_abf9950e-e896-4bcf-90c5-0e5686ee857f.jpg?v=1681422488","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manute-leigh-montville-9781451620726","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}