Outrageous!Charles Barkley, five-time NBA all-star, looks back at his life and basketball career in the same no-holds-barred fashion with which he views everything. Full of his shoot-from-the-lip opinions and outlandish exploits, this book, like the man himself, can only be described as outrageous. 8 pages of photographs. |
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OUTRAGEOUS!: The Fine Life and Flagrant Good Times of Basketball's Irresistible Force
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Outrageous!: the fine life and flagrant good times of basketball's irresistible force
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Contents
Introduction by Roy S Johnson | 1 |
Let Me Tell You Something | 42 |
Leeds | 59 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Outrageous! |
| Authors | Charles Barkley, Roy S. Johnson |
| Contributor | Roy S. Johnson |
| Publisher | Avon Books, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0380721015, 9780380721016 |
| Length | 340 pages |
| Subjects | › Barkley, Charles Basketball players Basketball players - United States - Biography Biography & Autobiography / General Biography & Autobiography / Sports Philadelphia 76ers (Basketball team) Sports & Recreation / Basketball |
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