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Informationen zum Autor Jon Hotten is the author of four books, including Muscle and The Years of the Locust , and writes the popular cricket blog The Old Batsman. He co-wrote the award-winning documentary Death of a Gentleman , and his collaboration with the former England bowler Simon Jones, The Test , won the Wisden Almanack's Book of the Year award in 2016. Klappentext Bodybuilding is the wildest! wierdest sport in the world! but it's more than just a sport. As his forbidding subjects open up! he discovers a story of unregulated excess! chemical mayhem and hard-won glory! a story for anyone who's ever looked in the mirror and wanted more... "Is there not something heroic in the single-minded pursuit of the maximally developed human body? Jon Hotten's superb book offers some answers" -- Steven Poole The Guardian "When it isn't alarming, [it's] merely amazing... Balanced, respectful, non-judgmental and rendered in an admirably muscular, entirely fat-free prose" -- Giles Smith The Times "A compelling and often alarming through the darker side of gym culture" Time Out "A compelling piece of reportage" Daily Telegraph "Like a hardboiled detective story... The first must-buy book on its subject" Men's Health Zusammenfassung Bodybuilding is the wildest, wierdest sport in the world, but it's more than just a sport. As his forbidding subjects open up, he discovers a story of unregulated excess, chemical mayhem and hard-won glory, a story for anyone who's ever looked in the mirror and wanted more...
