The Eighth Wonder of the World: The True Story of André the Giant

Were it not for the work of street-artist Shepard Fairey & his ironic OBEY icon featuring the super-sized 70s pro wrestler Andre The Giant, the man himself may have been lost to all the deepest, glitchiest corners of YouTube. In the new biography however, the big man, André Roussimoff finally gets his due. And there’s a lot more to the story than body slams. It covers his extraordinary life as well as his untimely death from the affliction that made him such a large man.