Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Genre,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Fotheringham
Author First Name:
William
Pages:
338
Binding:
Trade Paperback
ISBN 10:
1613747268
ISBN 13:
9781613747261
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Chicago Review Press
Date Published:
1/1/0001
Genre:
Sports Memoirs
Description
Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or Pele to soccer: simply the best there has ever been. Merckx amassed an astonishing 445 victories. Lance Armstrong, by comparison, managed fewer than 100. Merckx didn’t just beat his opponents; he crushed them.
But his triumphs only tell half a story that includes horrific injury, a doping controversy, and tragedy. He was nicknamed “the Cannibal” for his insatiable appetite for victory, but the moniker did scant justice to a man who was handsome, sensitive, and surprisingly anxious.
A number-one bestseller in the United Kingdom, Half Man, Half Bike is the definitive story of a man whose fear of failure drove him to the highest pinnacles before ultimately destroying him.