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Forman's Games - The Dark Underside of the London Olympics (Hardcover) Loot Price: R478
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Forman's Games - The Dark Underside of the London Olympics (Hardcover): Lance Forman

Forman's Games - The Dark Underside of the London Olympics (Hardcover)

Lance Forman

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On 6 July 2005, the world held a collective intake of breath as IOC president Jacques Rogge declared: 'The games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of ...London.'Despite the images of jubilant crowds in the streets of Britain's capital, there were some, like Lance Forman, for whom those words spelled only dread and uncertainty. His 100-year-old, fourth-generation family business, H. Forman & Son, was facing eviction to make way for the Olympic Stadium, and teetered on the brink of collapse. Lance Forman's fight to save the firm brought him into open conflict with many powerful figures, including the then Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, and Sebastian Coe. A full, unexpurgated account of his fight to keep the firm alive, Forman's Games lifts the lid on the fierce battle that pitched Forman's, the country's finest purveyor of smoked salmon, against the combined might of the UK authorities and the IOC in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics. It is a story of skulduggery and bullying mounted against 350 local businesses, employing over 12,00 people, who stood in the way not just of the world's most famous sporting event, but of an opportunity to develop the land on which they had successfully run businesses over decades.

General

Imprint: Biteback Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2016
Authors: Lance Forman
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 978-1-78590-115-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Olympic games
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history
Books > Biography > General
LSN: 1-78590-115-X
Barcode: 9781785901157

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