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A review by pagesofpins
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Box Brown
3.0
The author is very even handed with Andre: he faithfully portrayed his struggles, mistakes, triumphs and daily life, making his subject a human being we can sympathize with without leaving out the parts of life he didn't do so well. Especially poinant is Andre The Giant's continual attempts to forget that he will die very young and with a great deal of pain.
There was more here about wrestling than any other aspect of Andre's life, and the author does a nice job making sure non-wrestling fans can keep up. I did hope for more stories about Andre than were present, especially his childhood in France, where he was too large to ride the school bus and had to ride to school with playwright Samuel Beckett. The section on The Princess Bride was also very thin. Lots of celebrities (Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Rock, ect) have stories about him, but few are present here.
There was more here about wrestling than any other aspect of Andre's life, and the author does a nice job making sure non-wrestling fans can keep up. I did hope for more stories about Andre than were present, especially his childhood in France, where he was too large to ride the school bus and had to ride to school with playwright Samuel Beckett. The section on The Princess Bride was also very thin. Lots of celebrities (Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Rock, ect) have stories about him, but few are present here.