Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong - Softcover

Juliet Macur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007520646 ISBN 13: 9780007520640

Publisher: William Collins, 2014

Synopsis

Paperback. Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK As Lance Armstrong's precipitous fall from grace continues. New York Times sports reporter Juliet Macur takes the reader behind the scenes to bring to life the astonishing twists and turns of the scandal that has rocked the world of cycling . With unprecedented access to the key players in the drama - from Armstrong's fellow cyclists and top cycling officials to doctors. trainers and wives - Cycle of Lies reveals how Armstrong built a fortress of people around him to protect his image and upend the lives of anybody who stood in his way. As cycling's fallen idol faces potential perjury charges. Cycle of Lies widens the focus to expose corruption at all levels of the sport in a thrilling. page-turning work of contemporary narrative history.

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From the Back Cover:

In June 2013, when Lance Armstrong fled his palatial home in Texas, downsizing in the face of multimillion-dollar lawsuits, Juliet Macur was there—listening to Armstrong's version of the truth. She was one of the few media members aside from Oprah Winfrey to be granted extended one-on-one access to the most famous pariah in sports before and after the scandal.

Macur gives the unfolding narrative of Armstrong's life depth and breadth with the firsthand accounts of more than one hundred witnesses, including family members whom Armstrong had long since turned his back on. Perhaps most damning of all is taped testimony of the late J. T. Neal, the most influential of Armstrong's many father figures, recorded in the final years of Neal's life as he lost his battle with cancer just as Armstrong gained fame for surviving the disease.

In the end, it was Armstrong's former friends, those who had once occupied the precious space of his inner circle, who dealt Armstrong his fatal blow by breaking the code of silence that shielded the public from the grim truth about the sport of cycling—and the grim truth about its golden boy, Armstrong.

Threading together the vivid and disparate voices of those with intimate knowledge of the private and public Armstrong, Macur weaves a comprehensive and unforgettably rich tapestry of one man's astonishing rise to global fame and fortune, and his devastating fall from grace.

About the Author:

Juliet Macur is a leading sports reporter for The New York Times. Since 2004, she has covered the Olympics and Olympic sports, doping and legal issues for the paper. She has been at the forefront of reporting the Lance Armstrong story. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Collins
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0007520646
• ISBN 13: 9780007520640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320