When you finish this book you too will know Bo. This is a giant book, thoroughly detailed. It is a doorstopper at 480 pages but honestly, Pearlman has such a lively, conversational style that reading was not a slog, and the story is nearly unbelievable, which explains the title.
To Chicago White Sox fans, Frank Thomas is an absolute legend, but if you ask author Jeff Pearlman, he'll tell you that Thomas was a diva and "a selfish prick."