Published by Yellow Jersey, part of Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
£8.99
Author:
Ronald Reng
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780224091664
£8.99
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EAN: 9780224091664
Published: 3 May 2012
WINNER OF THE 2011 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2012 FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR
Why does an international footballer with the world at his feet decide to take his own life?
On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty-two years old and a devoted husband and father.
Enke had played for a string of Europe's top clubs, including Barcelona and Jose Mourinho's Benfica and was destined to become his country's first choice in goal for years to come. But beneath the veneer of success, Enke battled with crippling depression.
Award-winning writer Ronald Reng pieces together the puzzle of his friend's life, shedding valuable light on the crushing pressures endured by professional sportsmen and on life at the top clubs. At its heart, Enke's tragedy is a universal story of a man struggling against his demons.
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An intensely moving book that transcends football
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A tragic book, but a brilliant one. Reng's is one of the best sports books to have been published in years
- Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
This is a powerful book which transcends football.
- Sport Magazine
Deeply affecting
- The Times
Moving...after reading it, I felt I not only understood depression a little better but also determined never again to believe the myth of the sporting superman, impervious to criticism or pressure
- Daily Telegraph
A masterpiece… I have read few other books, fiction or non-fiction that is so startlingly sensitive, honest and sincere
- Bundesligafanatic.com
Ronald Reng is the highly-acclaimed author of The Keeper of Dreams: One Man's Controversial Story of Life in the English Premiership (Yellow Jersey Press), which won Biography of the Year at the 2004 British Sports Book Awards
