The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book beautifully written. -- Wall Street Journal Leavy has hit it out of the park...A lot more than a biography. It s a consideration of how we create our heroes and how this hero s self perception distinguishes him from nearly every other great athlete in living memory... a remarkably rich portrait. -- Time The instant New York Times bestseller about the baseball legend and famously reclusive Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax from award-winning former Washington Post sportswriter Jane Leavy. Sandy Koufax reveals for the first time what drove the three-time Cy Young award winner to the pinnacle of baseball and then--just as quickly--into self-imposed exile.