Marcus Trower

The Last Wrestlers is an absolutely fascinating, heartfelt and original book that deserves a wide audience

Robert Twigger, author of Angry White Pyjamas

This is a damned good read ... and in an area of interest devoid of decent literature, must be highly recommended

His argument that a sporting defeat might feel like the end of the world because once upon a time it meant you would not pass on your genes is strikingly well put

Marcus Trower ... is the perfect guide on a journey to discover the roots of a sport which, in the Western world, has long been forgotten

A cracking premise for a book and one that Trower pursues with rollicking optimism. He has an earthy and beguilingly frank style that marvellously captures the anthropological texture of his journey through the rural hinterlands of Asia, Africa and South America

Marcus Trower engages from the first word...a vivid, personal journey...this is sports writing at its best

Trower has the perfect pitch for a sentence that illuminates an entire culture

His dedication to finding a spiritual dimension to a lost art is hard to fault

A Far Flung Journey In Search of a Manly Art

Marcus Trower hated WWF. He hated Hulk Hogan, Big Daddy and all the other spandex-clad musclemen who over the years had made a mockery of his beloved sport. For him, wrestling - real wrestling - was a means of expression, both physical and mental. It was also, in Britain at least, a dying art. 
 
Then tragedy struck - chronic health problems prevented him doing what he loved most. Unwilling to let go, he travelled to such far-flung reaches as India, Mongolia, Nigeria and Brazil in an attempt to uncover some deeper, perhaps spiritual, dimension to wrestling. Amidst incredible scenery and a cast of colourful characters, Marcus discovered the true origins of wrestling appeared to have little to do with spirituality and everything to do with seduction... 
 
The Last Wrestler is the story of one man's rebellion against the office-bound constraints of the modern world. Vivid, comic and often moving, it reveals a testosterone-fuelled world you never knew existed.

Marcus Trower

Praise for The Last Wrestlers

Fascinating, funny, tragic and inspiring

The Last Wrestlers is an absolutely fascinating, heartfelt and original book that deserves a wide audience

This is a damned good read ... and in an area of interest devoid of decent literature, must be highly recommended

Fascinating, funny, tragic and inspiring

The Last Wrestlers is an absolutely fascinating, heartfelt and original book that deserves a wide audience

This is a damned good read ... and in an area of interest devoid of decent literature, must be highly recommended

Fascinating, funny, tragic and inspiring

The Last Wrestlers is an absolutely fascinating, heartfelt and original book that deserves a wide audience

This is a damned good read ... and in an area of interest devoid of decent literature, must be highly recommended

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