The Death of Marco Pantani, by Matt Rendell

Belv

I have just finished reading it and would highly recommend it.

A tragic story but i found it a compelling read.


The timing of this post is purely coincidental.

robmanic1

It is a good read, a little too involved in the chemistry of things in places for my liking, most of it was compelling though. Clearly a much-troubled individual from an early age.

Moomaloid

Yeah i read it last year, and i agree with Rob it got really into the chemistry and the whole book kinda tailed off towards the end for me. But good all the same.

bipedal

Great book... the scientists in me loved the graphs, not enough biographies have graphs

ms_tree

Vulture picking over the bones of the dead.

iainf72

Ms Tree wrote:

Vulture picking over the bones of the dead.

Have you read it?

One of the best books I've ever read.

bipedal

iainf72 wrote:

Ms Tree wrote:

Vulture picking over the bones of the dead.

Have you read it?

One of the best books I've ever read.

Seconded... it's an honest attempt to get to the bottom of things, unlike the awful book by Pantani's ex-manager

ms_tree

iainf72 wrote:

Ms Tree wrote:

Vulture picking over the bones of the dead.

Have you read it?

One of the best books I've ever read.

Yes.

SteveR_100Milers

Its a good book, if yoiu have read it then Ricco's *mishap* becomes understandable if not acceptable.

Squaggles

I completely disagree . It's an honest attempt to explore his life and career and understand what happened to him .

Ms Tree wrote:

Vulture picking over the bones of the dead.

Monty Dog

It's a well-researched book that doesn't make much judgement - that's left to the reader to make up their mind. It's clear that the sport is rotten to the core in places and the only vultures concerned were the ones that hung around Pantani and pandered to his habit.