The Games

"The great thing about this book is that it shows you how it was at the time. It came out in about 1979, just ahead of Moscow, but it’s a fabulous thing because it shows you what people were saying at the time and there’s no hindsight involved. Newspapers are instructive because no one can airbrush their contribution. It’s a fabulous book and goes back to 1896. You get a great sense of place and time from this book. It’s absolutely fascinating because you get transported back to the time. A newspaper comes out and it has to make a judgment. Maybe somebody ought to think about doing a book that takes the story up to the present day."