Foxcatcher: A True Story of Murder, Madness and the Quest for Olympic Gold

Foxcatcher: The riveting true story, now the subject of a high-profile film.

Madmen, money, murder … and wrestling

The Foxcatcher estate, Pennsylvania, January 1996. Dave Schultz, Olympic gold medallist and wrestling golden boy, is shot in the back by billionaire John du Pont. After a two day siege at the ranch du Pont is finally captured.

It wasn’t supposed to end that way. Du Pont had lured to his ranch America’s top wrestlers, the brothers Mark and Dave Schultz, with the dream of building a world-class team. But as he grew paranoid and controlling, the brothers realised they were trapped.

No one knows the inside story of Foxcatcher better than Mark Schultz. This book is a searing portrait of the relationship he and his brother had with du Pont, whose catastrophic break from reality led to tragedy.