Author:James Toseland,Ted Macauley
At 23, James Toseland was the youngest ever winner of the World Superbike Championship and with more racing experience than riders twice his age, has overtaken previous champions Carl Fogarty and Neil Hodgson to become the next biking superstar. Toseland's success has been driven by a lifetime of tragedy. Using racing as a release, he became afearless daredevil and had moved his way up through the ranks of BritishSuperbikes by the time he was sixteen. But there was even more turmoil to come - a career of dramatic crashes and a collision in Monza, Italy which left James seriously injured and his Honda team-mate dead.
This is a story of genius, tragedy and James' overwhelming will to succeed.
Davis Miller writes profoundly and beautifully.
—— Joyce Carol OatesEasygoing but unflippant, formless yet rigorous. Solid reporting and sumptuous storytelling. Miller's is an American voice attractive to Brits.
—— Tom Birch , The GuardianEngaging . . . often poetic.
—— Desmond Barry , The ObserverFilled with the clarity of ordinary human experience.
—— Times Literary Supplement (On Tao of Muhammad Ali)This is a powerful book which transcends football.
—— Sport MagazineDeeply affecting
—— Matt Dickinson , The TimesMoving...after reading it, I felt I not only understood depression a little better but also determined never again to believe the myth of the sporting superman, impervious to criticism or pressure
—— Sarah Crompton , Daily TelegraphDeeply affecting
—— Ian Hawkey , Sunday TimesA Life Too Short is a sports biography about as much as BS Johnson's classic The Unfortunates is a sports novel. Both are books about grief. But football runs through the heart of Enke's story and this book belongs to the first rank of publications on the game of minds and souls that exists behind the beautiful game that is seen on the field. It is both a fitting tribute to a lost friend but it is also a salutary warning to the great football clubs of the world
—— Keith Duggan , Irish TimesEnlightening and visceral...An indispensable insight into a man and an illness, Reng's book is a sobering yet brilliant account and may yet restore faith for the disenchanted man in the street
—— Sabotage TimesEnke had often talked to his friend Reng, a journalist-cum-novelist, about writing a book together. Now Reng has done it alone, beautifully...this is the mature work of a writer who has gone far beyond sensationalism. It allows you to turn back and read football differently
—— New StatesmanIt should be on every British football fan's reading list
—— Ben East , MetroA masterpiece… I have read few other books, fiction or non-fiction that is so startlingly sensitive, honest and sincere
—— Bundesligafanatic.comIt’s pitched perfectly – intensely moving without becoming overly emotional or morbid
—— Sharon Wheeler , Times Higher EducationThis seductive book will engage those who don’t know a googly from a doosra and enlighten those who do
—— Independent