《Faster Than Lightning: My Autobiography》
（中文譯本：《快過閃電 博爾特自傳》）
作者：Usain Bolt（保特）
百米飛人保特是英超球隊曼聯的球迷，這點相信稍為關心體育的朋友應該都知道了。但喜歡到怎樣的程度呢？除了揚言要加盟曼聯之外，原來他甚至險些為曼聯賠上生命。
2009年，保特在牙買加遇上車禍。據他說，那是因為趕著觀看曼聯比賽直播肇禍。當時他的座駕嚴重損毁，人卻奇蹟地僅受輕傷。這驚心動魄的一幕，也成了其自傳的開篇故事。
在巴西里約奧運再下一城之後，如果說保特是史上最偉大的短跑運動員，應是無可爭議了。這位有「牙買加閃電」之稱的飛人，光輝背後其實也有失意、惶恐，甚至遭牙買加觀眾噓聲招呼的時刻。這些點滴，他都一一訴說在自傳裡。
哪怕主角強如保特，讀者依然可以看到一位年輕跑者的成長歷程。如今我們已經「太習慣」保特是無人能敵了，就想當然的覺得他一帆風順。可以說，保特借著自傳為自己「平反」，告訴大家他的成功也並非倖致。大家今天看他1.96米的身高，步大力雄，一看就知是短跑奇才？可知道在他未成功之前，眾人都認定他這種高個子，單是起跑已經吃了大虧，怎有可能成功？
成功首奪奧運冠軍，是典型的少年得志。金牌加身，酒色財氣一湧而來，他如何提醒自己要把持得住，不至被剎那成功沖昏頭腦？這一切保特都為讀者縷縷細訴。時光飛逝，下月倫敦世錦賽如無意外會是保特謝幕一役。各位不妨趁著這田徑場上的歷史一刻，讀讀這位一代傳奇的珍貴回憶。
Faster Than Lightning: My Autobiography
Author: Usain Bolt
The 100-meter world record holder Usain Bolt is a big fan of Manchester United. How big a fan? He almost died for them. In 2009, Bolt got into a traffic accident in Jamaica while speeding to watch Man Utd play live. He escaped with minor injuries but his car was seriously damaged. The harrowing tale comes in the foreword to his autobiography.
Despite all his medals, Lightning Bolt has had disappointments, fears and even hisses and boos from Jamaicans. All those elements are in his autobiography – how much effort he spent and the setbacks on the road to success.
Bolt will probably retire after the IAAF World Championships in London next month, so perhaps this is a good time to read the memoirs of this legend.
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