Showboat

The definitive biography of global superstar and basketball icon Kobe Bryant

'In his thoughtful, extraordinarily well-researched biography Michael Jordan: The Life , Roland Lazenby ... gives us the life and much more ... The exhaustive narrative of Jordan's basketball career is written with appropriate awe. But what makes this portrayal especially worthwhile is everything else'

'An utterly definitive biography ... The most comprehensive attempt yet made to explain the factors that have gone into producing the most famous basketball player and marketing phenom in the history of world sports ... I don't know how it would be possible to write a more complete biography of him'

Roland Lazenby is the author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Jerry West: The Life and Legend of a Basketball Icon and Michael Jordan: The Life. He has spent the past three decades interviewing NBA players, coaches and staff members while writing about the league. Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant was shortlisted in the best biography category at the 2017 British Sports Book Awards. He lives in Virginia.