Synopsis
CHARIOTS OF FIRE meets THE FIGHTER.
For Cambridge University student James Livingston, only one thing mattered: the Boat Race against arch-rivals Oxford. The Boat Race is rowing’s most famous event, and its toughest too. On the surface, it’s Brideshead Revisited: down below, it’s pure Fight Club. But standing in the way of James’ dream was his own younger brother, David.
David had always worshipped James, but now he wanted to be his own man. He’d chosen Oxford against his family’s wishes, and now brother would face brother on the Thames.
James and David’s rivalry threatened to destroy not just their own relationship, but the entire fabric of their lives. Their parents’ marriage began to crumble; their mother’s health suffered; and James’ girlfriend Sam no longer recognised the man she loved. All this damage, just for one race? No: it was for much more than that. It was for two young men’s very identities. And when they did finally compete against each other, it was the stuff of legends, the best Boat Race in history: a contest of brutal, beautiful, lung-searing savagery, with the two crews separated at the end by only one foot. The race of their lives, in every way.
