'A SUPERB READ AND BRILLIANTLY RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN'
Strengths: Amazing story of a fascinating man - coach to Herb Elliott and adviser to Landy early in his career. A nutter but proved right on many points.
Weaknesses: None
Overall: This is a superbly written book with obvious great time and effort put into writing it. A fantastic story one of running's great charachters. Well worth a read.
Weaknesses: Lazily written and spends a long time criticising a previous book on Zatopek but quotes extensively from it. No impression of any real research.
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