National Book Award Nomination
King: A Life is one of ten nominees in nonfiction for the National Book Award . Read details here.
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NEWS & REVIEWS
- May 14, 2023
The New Definitive Biography of Martin Luther King Jr.: NYT
“Supple, penetrating, heartstring-pulling and compulsively readable . . . The first comprehensive biography of King in three decades . ....
- May 14, 2023
A Rave Review in The Washington Post
"King: A Life might be described as a deeply reported psychobiography . . . infused with the narrative energy of a thriller . . . Eig...
- May 14, 2023
The Economist Calls King: A Life "Magnificent"
"Jonathan Eig’s magnificent new biography is an overdue attempt to grapple with King in all his complexity. His book will inevitably draw...
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