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• Commended for IndieFab awards (Sports) 2013

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Lewis is a reporter of rare skill and he writes with wit and verve. Land of Second Chances is by turns horrifying, moving and unexpectedly funny. It's also the sports book of the year by a backcountry mile. -- Esquire UK This is a book about Rwanda. It's a book about cycling. But it's not, in the end, a book about Rwandan cycling...The book is good on culture shock...[and] also opens up the world of professional cycling. -- The Spectator Journalist Tim Lewis's Land of Second Chances is not a story simply of personal dedication overcoming the odds...Team Rwanda's story could have been edited into an uplifting tale of unlikely success, with Niynoshuti's Olympic appearance as the rousing finale. Instead this is a more complicated, darker, account. -- Financial Times The race is on to find Africa's first black world-class cyclist. Land of Second Chances is an important chronicle of just some of the early stages of that race. It's not just a book about what has happened in the past, it's a book about what is just around the corner for cycling. A fantastic read. -- Podium Cafe This is not a book solely about cycling. It is a book that combines hope with tragedy and success with failure. But ultimately it's a book that holds a mirror to our Western sporting ideals. Whether you find that reflection disturbing or otherwise depends greatly on the width of your perspective. -- The Washing Machine Post try{F5_flush(document);}catch(e){}

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Tim Lewis is a staff writer for the Guardian and the Observer, and contributing editor for Esquire UK. He has previously been editor of Observer magazine, Observer Sport Monthly, and the Independent's Sunday Review. He lives in London.

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