In this masterful graphic novel structured like a single long take, Nicolas Debon takes readers deep into the heart of a legendary race.

Amsterdam, August 1928. The crowd goes wild as the world's star athletes take off from the starting line for the crowning event of the Olympic Games: the marathon. Few so much as notice the short, slight Algerian runner ‒ a factory worker by day ‒ who wears the French jersey. But that is before a strong wind, cramps, and 42.195 kilometers of ruthless competition combine to produce an astonishing upset...