The Story of a Nobody, and the Pursuit to Become a Somebody

Rating:
Summary: Excellent book
Review: This was a great book. I have been a wrestling fan all my life, and I have read just about every book about wrestling. This was by far my favorite autobiography. No other comes close.
Matt Murphy is more honest and fearless than any other autobiographer whose book I have read. He had a very tough life, and he didn't hold anything back from me as a reader. I could feel his pain when he talked about some of his struggles. When he talked about being on the verge of suicide and his brother saved his life with a phone call I called my own brother and told him I was thinking about him.
The Story Of A Nobody And The Pursuit To Become A Somebody was not a sad book. I laughed through most of it. Nothing is off-limits as he writes about sex, drinking, using pain killers, the temptations of steroids, pornography, discrimination, and just about everything else imaginable in his own unique way.
For non wrestling readers, the parts about wrestling are described very clearly and throughly so nobody gets confused. I am passing my copy along to my own brother who is having a rough time right now. The book is very insightful and inspiring.