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ix, 459 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations Contents: Lies of the family -- Lies of the sport -- Lies of the media -- Lies of the brotherhood -- Lies of the American hero -- The truth Summary: Draws on interviews with more than one hundred people close to the famous athlete to chronicle fourteen critical years in his career, from his cancer recovery to his precipitous fall after revelations about his systemic doping became public