Award-winning writer Richard Moore uncovers the secrets of Usain Bolt and the Jamaican sprinting phenomenon
Richard Moore is a freelance journalist and author. His first book, In Search of Robert Millar, won Best Biography at the 2008 British Sports Book Awards. He is the author of six books, three of which have been long-listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. As a freelance journalist he has contributed to the Guardian, Esquire, the BBC and The Scotsman. He is also a former racing cyclist who represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Excellent
*The Times*
Absorbing
*Guardian*
Entertaining and lively. Moore is an open-minded and engaging
writer who's willing to hear his interviewees out. Because maybe
there is something in the yams, and maybe we can all still enjoy
the dream.
*Esquire*
A fascinating account of how a Caribbean island came to rule the
world in the art and science of running very fast indeed
*Independent*
Compelling… thoughtful and wide-ranging… leaves you feeling
optimistic
*Literary Review*
What this book does is capture the spirit of the sport in Jamaica…
Moore clearly reveled in this grass roots exuberance and it is
hard, reading this book, not to do so too
*Independent On Sunday*
Lister has expanded the narrative of West Indies cricket by using
the footage not broadcast by director Stevan Riley and interviewing
the fans, players and their families, to document a history that
lays claim to be the "definitive story of the greatest team sport
has ever known"
*ESPN*
Lister has expanded the narrative of West Indies cricket by using
the footage not broadcast by director Stevan Riley and interviewing
the fans, players and their families, to document a history that
lays claim to be the "definitive story of the greatest team sport
has ever known"
*ESPN*
Moore is meticulous and entertaining
*The Scotsman*
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