PositiveThe Wall Street JournalMr. Jones cites scores of interviews given by Mr. Lucas and his colleagues over the years. Yet this is not just a scissors-and-paste biography. Mr. Jones has viewed his subject’s life and career from afar and ascribed to it an arc that seems logical if not quite inevitable. His serviceable prose suits the deceptively relaxed informality of Mr. Lucas’s own lifestyle.
David Goldblatt
PositiveThe Wall Street JournalMr. Goldblatt traces the development of the Games in every respect, from the launch of a Winter Olympiad in 1924 to the efforts to give women an equal place in every sport, from the introduction of the Paralympics to the rise of the Olympic 'Village' ... The author’s detailed research into the political and financial shenanigans of the modern Olympics is impressive ... For the sociologist and the economist, Mr. Goldblatt’s analysis provides fascinating reading; perhaps less so for the sports fan pure and simple.
