David Walsh is chief sportswriter with The Sunday Times. A four-time Irish Sportswriter of the Year and four-time UK Sportswriter of the Year, he was also named the 2012 British Journalist of the year. Coauthor of L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong and author of From Lance to Landis: Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France, he is married with seven children and lives in Suffolk, England.
'More than one review has likened Walsh’s book to a Cold War
thriller, the true story of the committed anti-doping official who
falls in love and marries a star 800m runner who turns out an
admitted drugs cheat. The book is a journey through deception,
betrayal, infidelity, and an eventual escape from the country.'
*RTE*
'An extraordinary and unlikely romance; and a remarkable tale
not just of love but of courage....[Stepanov's] persistence in
becoming one of sport’s most remarkable whistleblowers...is
staggering given everything set against him. When David Walsh,
the chief sports writer of The Sunday Times, set out to meet
the Stepanovs for the first time, he thought he was writing a
doping story...but in The Russian Affair, he has ended up with
so much more. The extraordinary, lurching relationship between
Vitaly and Yuliya lies at the heart of a turbulent but ultimately
inspiring tale. The candour with which they have allowed Walsh to
tell their story is rare and gripping.'
*The Times*
'Vitaly Stepanov and Yuliya Stepanova are the doping tester and the
drug-taking runner whose unlikely love for one another gives them
the moral strength to act as whistleblowers.'
*Sunday Times, Sport Books of the Year*
'What makes this account of Russia's state-sponsored doping so
utterly compelling is that at its heart it is a love story about
the young couple who blew the lid on the scandal. It is a tale of
the implausible, complex and fractious relationship between Vitaly
Stepanov and Yuliya Rusanova... The story reads like a fast-paced
thriller... This masterful work is so much more than a story about
drugs, cover-ups and corruption... A beautiful record of a
compelling and emotional journey.'
*The Times, Sports Books of the Year*
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