The Autobiography of Malcolm XWritten with the assistance of Alex Haley With an Introduction by Paul Gilroy 'This extraordinary autobiography is a brilliant, painful, important book' The New York Times Malcolm X's blazing, legendary auto biography, completed shortly before his assassination in 1965, depicts a remarkable life: a child born into rage and despair, who turned to street hustling and cocaine in the Harlem ghetto, followed by prison, where he converted to Islam and honed