I was really looking forward to reading this book, especially after such rave reviews from the New York Times etc. The book starts out slow and then continues to dribble on. The story is as much about Michael Lewis as it is about Jim Clark. The boat story is dragged on way too long, and what is the message? Maybe I just missed the point, but there appears not to be one. So, Jim Clark was successful and a cowboy. If that is it, then this should have been a good story in a magazine. It is too much of the same thing said over and over again. I really had hoped I would enjoy this book.