Two Hours

Superb

Dan Jones, Evening Standard

The topic is one of the most profound there is: the absolute limits of human performance.

Sebastian Junger

A fascinating insight into the clockwork of what it means to be an elite athlete, always pushing at the edge of possibility.

Colum McCann

Explores one of sport's ultimate questions: is there a final human boundary and, if so, where? A terrific book: elegant, engaging and rewarding.

Ed Smith, former England cricketer, Times Columnist and author of Luck

This book explodes out of the blocks, continues at a terrific clip, never flags and breasts the tape victorious, its arms in the air. Like the best foot race, it is tight, pacy and riveting. A brilliant debut. Give the man a medal and a bunch of flowers

Esquire

Superb. Caesar has established himself as perhaps the best new long-form magazine writer since the arrival of John Jeremiah Sullivan

Richard Williams, Guardian

Caesar wears his considerable research into most aspects of the marathon - its history, science, and the spectre of performance-enhancing drugs - with a loping, easy style

Independent

His reportage has the feel of the very best of American journalism - as if he has researched the matter to hell, spent his time in the field, nailed down every fact, then bashed it out on a typewriter with a cigarette smouldering in his mouth

Sunday Times

A fine study of human endurance and the competitive spirit of marathon runners

Independent

Lyrical and passionate... a celebration of the human spirit and what it can achieve

Observer

Caesar is very good on the personalities, mixing the art and science of distance running with vignettes about the athletes

Matthew Syed, The Times

Caesar's Two Hours explodes out of the blocks, continues at a terrific clip, never flags and breast the tape victorious, its arms in the air. Like the best foot races, it is tight, pacy and riveting. A brilliant debut. Give the man a medal and a bunch of flowers

Esquire

There is much spirit in Two Hours and much human warmth

New Statesman

This portrait of Mutai ... reveals far more about the Kenyan mystique and the prospects for a two-hour marathon than any bird's eye survey could.

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