To write a book about Mickey Mantle and not to show people who he really was doesnΓ’β¬β’t make any sense whatsoever. So I decided the only way to do this is call it a novel and plow full-speed ahead as to what my interpretation and my estimation of who he was and what was troubling him. This is a very complicated book. ItΓ’β¬β’s hardly just about sex.
β Peter Golenbock
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