A brutal rite of passage novel about bullying and survival in the world of children’s and youth sport. Ulises is thirteen and has just signed for Barça, so he joins the academy at La Masia where he hopes to fulfil his dream of becoming a professional footballer. From that moment his greatest dream in life becomes his greatest nightmare, trapped in a masculine environment governed by rule of ‘survival of the fittest’ where he only survives by hiding his tears. Written in clinical, incisive prose, Triumphant is a book that questions the predatory values on which elite sport and some of the pillars of our society are based.