The men's 100m final at the 1988 Olympics has been described as the dirtiest race ever - but also the greatest. Aside from Johnson's blistering time, the race is infamous for its athletes' positive drug tests. This is the story of that race, the rivalry between Johnson and Lewis, and the repercussions still felt almost a quarter of a century on.
Richard Moore is an award-winning sports journalist with several books to his name including In Search of Robert Millar and Heroes, Villains and Velodromes.
The book will bring armchair athletes to the edge of their seats -
and leave them with a very nasty taste in their mouths
*Mail on Sunday*
The book is a magnificent document about the Carl Lewis-Ben Johnson
rivalry. It plunges you deep into the bitterness that marked their
enmity and because Moore is the kind of journalist who will speak
to 17 people when he could get the story from two, the breadth and
detail is astonishing
*The Times*
A remarkably fresh read given the amount of ink already spilled on
the topic. Author Richard Moore has delivered what is certainly the
most comprehensive account, and as close to definitive as possible
without giving all the "answers"
*Glasgow Herald*
Probably the finest sports book published this year
*thewashingmachinepost.net*
A captivating and detailed account ... it reads like a thriller,
which is exactly the right tone to adopt by author Richard Moore
for a story dripping with skulduggery and intrigue ...
compelling
*Sunday Express*
The sportswriter Richard Moore tells the story at a sprinter's pace
in his rollicking and well-researched The Dirtiest Race in
History
*Simon Kuper, Financial Times*
The book will bring armchair athletes to the edge of their seats -
and leave them with a very nasty taste in their mouths
*The Mail on Sunday*
Written with a fine sense of balance, timing and tension
*The Guardian*
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