A Life Too Short

One of the most remarkable sports books ever written… A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke… stands as the definite work on mental illness in football – Sam Wallace * Daily Telegraph *
Incredible… It’s a stunning, fascinating and ultimately heartbreaking piece of work that has done so much to further the understanding between mental illness and sport. It is also a reminder that, for all the status and all the luxury which come with being a professional footballer, those lucky enough to make a career from the game are still human beings, too – Tom Hopkinson * People *
An intensely moving book that transcends football – Raphael Honigstein, Guardian
A tragic book, but a brilliant one. Reng’s is one of the best sports books to have been published in years * Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung *
This is a powerful book which transcends football. * Sport Magazine *
Deeply affecting – Matt Dickinson * The Times *
Moving…after reading it, I felt I not only understood depression a little better but also determined never again to believe the myth of the sporting superman, impervious to criticism or pressure – Sarah Crompton * Daily Telegraph *
Deeply affecting – Ian Hawkey * Sunday Times *
A Life Too Short is a sports biography about as much as BS Johnson’s classic The Unfortunates is a sports novel. Both are books about grief. But football runs through the heart of Enke’s story and this book belongs to the first rank of publications on the game of minds and souls that exists behind the beautiful game that is seen on the field. It is both a fitting tribute to a lost friend but it is also a salutary warning to the great football clubs of the world – Keith Duggan * Irish Times *
Enlightening and visceral…An indispensable insight into a man and an illness, Reng’s book is a sobering yet brilliant account and may yet restore faith for the disenchanted man in the street * Sabotage Times *

Ronald Reng is the highly-acclaimed author of The Keeper of Dreams- One Man’s Controversial Story of Life in the English Premiership (Yellow Jersey Press), which won Biography of the Year at the 2004 British Sports Book Awards.

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