I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy.

Chris Cleave (born 1973) is a British writer and journalist. The audio book version was read by Australian actor Susan Lyons
His second novel The Other Hand was released in August 2008 and was described as "A powerful piece of art. Cleave was inspired to write The Other Hand from his childhood in West Africa.