Scottie is the late Neville Scott, a New Zealand athlete good enough, at 20, to finish seventh in the close-packed finish of the 1956 Olympic 1,500m final.
It should have been the start of a glittering career.
Instead, the story brought a deeper drama as the runner.

This book is not published by SportsBooks. It's published by Last Side Publishing from New Zealand. But we are selling it on our website as a favour to Norman Harris, the author, and because it's a great story.