Blood over water

[jessmat...@gmail.com]

I was wondering if any has read Blood over water yet? its a new book
by James and David Livingstone. To quote Bloomsbury, “It’s a
compelling account of the 2003 University Boat Race in which the
Livingstons famously rowed head-to-head in what was the closest, and
many say, best Boat Race of all time. It was won, or lost, (depending
which brother you are), by less than a foot. It's a story about
brotherly rivalry – they were the first brothers to race against one-
another in the competition in over 100 years – and about the terrific
toll that the Boat Race can take on its participants.”

If you have read it what do you think? I am always curious when I see
a new rowing book and this seems to cover a different view point than
most which is about Olympians.

[stamp...@yahoo.co.uk]

It is one of the better rowing books I have read. They can both write
and are clearly intelligent, and there is far more to it than the
drudgery of training or just descriptions of winning another race. I'd
recommend it - to a rower at least. The race accounts are genuinely
exciting even when you know all the results, and they really get
across the joy, pain and especially the emotion of the sport, why we
all do it. Their relationship with each other, their personalities and
inner demons are fascinating. It is written in diary form so it is
their own thoughts, there is (unfortunately) not much colour given to
the other characters in the crews, coaches or their non-rowing
relationships. Obviously as one won and one lost it wasn't all about
winning, so that makes it refreshing compared to most sports books,
and the relationship as brothers adds an interesting dimension. Not up
there with Assault on Lake Casitas, but far better than the Redgrave,
Pinsent and Foster efforts.

[jessmat...@gmail.com]

Great thank you, thats a pretty detailed answer