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Book Synopsis“A people’s history of the Olympics.”
—New York Times Book ReviewTrade Review"Fascinating." -- Peter Cowie - Wall Street Journal
"Nuanced.… [W]ry, philosophical." -- Aram Goudsouzian - Washington Post
"[A] bracingly debunking history." -- David Runciman - Guardian
"Goldblatt is a wise, thoughtful, sometimes caustic observer." -- Boston Globe
"Elegant and ambitious." -- Economist
"[An] excellent, pacy, anecdote-studded history of the modern Games." -- Giles Smith - The Times (UK)
"A timely and impressively expansive view of arguably the world’s most beloved sporting event.… [Goldblatt] has created the definitive book on the Olympics, which should be on the reading list of anyone with a passion for learning the full story of the Olympic games." -- Russell P. Gantos - New York Journal of Books
"Tak[es] readers through decades of iconic athleticism, complicated global politics, and increasing commercialism—all of which go into making the Olympic games what they are today." -- Bustle
"[A] bracing corrective… [that] retains space for the extraordinary and inspirational in the arena." -- David Horspool - Spectator
"A tour of world history through the lens of the Olympic Games.… Goldblatt’s account of the history of performance-enhancing drugs is particularly striking." -- Charlie Goffen - Huffington Post
