The program : seven deadly sins : my pursuit of Lance Armstrong / David Walsh.
Material type:
TextPublisher: London ; Sydney : Simon & Schuster, 2015Description: 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781471152580
- 1471152588
- 796.62 WAL
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 796.62 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100628255 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When Lance Armstrong fought back from life-threatening cancer to win the 1999 Tour de France - the so-called 'Tour of Renewal' - it seemed almost too good to be true. It was. Sunday Times journalist David Walsh was one of a small group who was prepared to raise awkward questions about Armstrong's seemingly superhuman feats. And so began a 13-year battle to reveal the truth that finally ended in October 2012 when the cyclist was stripped of his seven Tour victories and banned from the sport for life.
Walsh's gripping and moving personal account of his struggles is a revealing insight into the murkier end of professional cycling - a place where having the right doctor can make all the difference and where there existed a conspiracy of silence. As he shows, it never was about the bike. However, spurred on by a few brave people who were prepared to speak out in the hope of saving the sport they loved, Walsh continued to probe, and eventually he was vindicated when Armstrong's reputation was ruined. In this updated edition, covering Armstrong's confession to Oprah, Seven Deadly Sins takes the reader into a world of doping and lies, but shows that there is always hope for a better future. The book was shortlisted for the 2013 William Hill Sports Book of theYear prize.
Champion, hero, legend, cheat--Cover.
The tie-in edition of the stunning new film, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Chris O\'Dowd (Moone Boy, The IT Crowd) as David Walsh and Ben Foster (3.10 to Yuma) as Lance Armstrong. This book, previously published as Seven Deadly Sins, tells the thrilling story of Walsh\'s thirteen-year quest to prove that the world\'s most famous cancer survivor and cycling superstar Lance Armstrong had built his reputation on a lie. From Armstrong\'s first Tour win in 1999, Walsh was one of very few to question what we were seeing and, in his search for the truth, he was dubbed a \'troll\' by the Texan cyclist and found himself ostracised by those who didn\'t want to upset the narrative that Armstrong seemed to present to a sport in urgent need of renewal. Eventually, thanks in large part to Walsh\'s persistence, Armstrong was stripped of his titles, banned for life from the sport and forced into admitting to Oprah that he had, after all, been doping and that his seven Tour de France victories were little more than his seven deadly sins. It was one of the biggest sporting stories of the century, and the tale of how it came about is now the basis of a wonderful film.
Previously published as: Seven deadly sins - my pursuit of Lance Armstrong.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
David Joseph Walsh was born on June 17, 1955. He is an Irish sports journalist, who is chief sports writer of the British newspaper The Sunday Times. He is a four-time Irish Sportswriter of the Year and a three-time U.K. Sportswriter of the Year. He has written books about American cyclist Lance Armstrong and helped expose doping within the cycling world. His books include From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France and Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong.(Bowker Author Biography)