- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Hutchinson (1 April 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091800331
- ISBN-13: 978-0091800338
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 14.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,042,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ian Wooldridge, Daily Mail
‘a tour de force of elegant sports writing’
Alastair Campbell, The Times
‘It conveys well the momentousness of the achievement’
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I rushed out to buy this book after enjoying the BBC television film aboutthe momentous race and agree with Mr Wooldridge that it is a a tour deforce of elegant sports writing. To those who do not know this is a bookabout the first mile run in below four minutes. It is written by a man ofequivocal Cary Grant good looks who has the dashing esprit de corps of theheroes of Chariots of Fire. Mr Bryant was himself, as he points outmodestly, a runner of feline elegance. He was not in the same super leagueas the heroes of whom he writes. Poetic he is however. His words dance andjig like atheletes running. He writes with authority as a man who hashimself pushed his feeble body to the limits and beyond. Reading this bookmade me wonder if Mr Bryant himself had it in him to be an Immortal. No isthe answer. As he himself says he had a long rangy style of running. Hesays with daring honesty and not a little brio that he did not have therequisite "inner strength" and was "a weakling" by comparison to Bannisterand Chataway. But this magnificent book is an ample memorial. He should beproud of it!
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A very well written account of the attempt on the 4 minute mile, maybe not in depth as 'the Perfect Mile' by Neal Bascomb The Perfect Mile
A nice foreword by Bannister, and a good account of the preceding events and shortly after
A nice foreword by Bannister, and a good account of the preceding events and shortly after
Format:Paperback
I found this book to be a thorughly good read, not too bogged down in stats. The author does a fine job of drawing you into the event, keeping the tale moving along nicely, i found myself always keen to read a little bit further before i put the book down. It does however, start off with a bit too much history & of runners who no doubt paved the way but weren't necessarily on a "quest to break the four minute mile". The title & cover implies that it's all about Roger Bannister & THAT time, but this takes a while to get to. Still an enjoyable book though.
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