Customer Reviews
Well-overdue biography of a cycling legend. - By: Christy2002, 31 Aug 2008 
My earliest memory of Robert Millar is when he appearedin the Kellogg's cinema advert soon after winning the Tour de France "King of the Mountains" title. Sadly, Robert remains the only british rider to achive this level of successin Le Tour & this biographer makes no attempt to hide his admiration.
I don't agree with the reviewer who suggested that this is the best ever cycling biography but it is nevertheless a very good read. Journalist Richard Moore has done a terrific job of researching his subject including interviews with a wide range of people who knew / know Millar. Unfortunately, Millar himself did not cooperate with the book (although he did not actively provide an obstruction) & for that reason, there is little comment from the great man himself. Similarly, there is littlein the way of comment from his immediate family.
Millar's career is coveredin detail & teh book doesn't shy away from discussing subjects such as Millar's legendary caution with money or his failed drugs test. A less sympathetic author might have been tempted to provide a bit more analysisin these areas. A fine book.
What more can I say - By: A. Mackie, 08 Jul 2008 The previous reviews say it all. My first encounter with Robert Millar was a radio report on Radio Clyde the day after he won his first tour stage & as a 14 year old livingin the West of Scotland I had the overwhelming urge to find out more about the guy. Now many years later thanks to this fantastic book I finally know as much as there is to know about Bob as is availablein the public domain. Utterly compelling. If you saw a middle aged guy almost crying next to a swimming pool on a small Greek Islandin June 2008, that was probably me finishing this book.
Brilliant.
Could not put it down - By: Ailsa Reynolds, 03 Jul 2008 I 'knew' Robert Millar as we both worked at Weir Pumpsin the Test departmentin 1977/1978. I followed his cycling career & truly believe that Richard Moore has captured the spirit & character of Robertin the book. He has done some amazing amount of research to come up with the book. It is much more than a 'Sports Biography'. For reasons I cannot quite explain I felt sad when I finished the book - maybe simply because I had finished a great read - or perhaps the apparent closing of the door on Robert's life.
I have also read Matt Rendell's 'The Death of Marco Pantani' which is also a very good book. Matt Rendell's writing is really excellent, as is his forensic analysis of medical records a la the drugs & doping. But the Robert Millar book is something else - much more personal & simply a 'good' story.
Wherever Robert is, & whatever he is doing, I console myself to hoping that at least he has read the book, & can hopefully consider that his life story has been well presented (at last).
Ian Reynolds
Best Sports Biography of the Year - By: Reg, 06 Apr 2008 In Search of Robert Millar has won the 'Best Sports Biography of the Year' award at the British Sports Book Awards.
A classic - By: Bondinthegaff, 30 Mar 2008 A spectacular insight by author Richard Moore into the enigma that is Robert Millar. Moore really gets to grip with the subject matter here & Moore's own experience as a highly successful cyclist seems only to add to his incisive commentary. If you only buy one cycling book this year, make sure it's this one.
