- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Yellow Jersey (21 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 022407914X
- ISBN-13: 978-0224079143
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #61 in Books > Sports, Hobbies & Games > Cricket > Practical Guides
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"Engaging...a delight" - Peter Wilby --The Observer
"A typically impressive effort from one of the game's best writers"
--Yorkshire Post
"A typically impressive effort from one of the game's best writers"
--Yorkshire Post
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"Wry, affectionate, irreverent and full of delicious anecdotes"
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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a corker of a book, which would appeal to both the hardened anorak wearer and those who couldn't care less about Bradman's career average. It's witty, informative, irreverent, inclusive, and takes self-deprecation to the nth degree (a quality sadly lacking in many cricket writers). I read the whole thing with a smile on my face and defy anyone not to chortle whilst reading the extracts from Graham Gooch's Indian blogs.
If you are lucky enough to find Lawrence in your stocking this Christmas, you won't be disappointed.
If you are lucky enough to find Lawrence in your stocking this Christmas, you won't be disappointed.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I agree with the other enthusiastic reviews here - this is a very good book in which Lawrence Booth gives thoughtful and very funny reflections on cricket past and present. He writes very well, with an easy, flowing and amusing style which has an excellent balance of real knowledge and insight with irony and self-deprecation. There's nothing shocking in the way of revelation here, but Booth does give some very engaging and thought-provoking perspectives on things like sledging, the various national psyches and the politics of the game.
It's not as consistently hilarious as, say, Fatty Batter or Rain Men - that's not the point of this book - but it does have several laugh-out-loud moments and a grin on most pages. He also has the grace to credit others for jokes and insights - like Vic Marks's description of a tedious, cliché-filled press conference by Inzamam-ul-Haq as "Much Urdu about nothing."
This is very readable, very knowledgeable, very interesting and very amusing. What more can you ask of a book about cricket? Very warmly recommended.
It's not as consistently hilarious as, say, Fatty Batter or Rain Men - that's not the point of this book - but it does have several laugh-out-loud moments and a grin on most pages. He also has the grace to credit others for jokes and insights - like Vic Marks's description of a tedious, cliché-filled press conference by Inzamam-ul-Haq as "Much Urdu about nothing."
This is very readable, very knowledgeable, very interesting and very amusing. What more can you ask of a book about cricket? Very warmly recommended.
18 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd read Lawrence's other book, or at least it was a 'toilet book', and so I was drawn to this more conventional work, being a sportsfan and a follower of Lawrence's work online.
Its just as good (better, even) as the easy wit of The Spin, his weekly cricket column, and is full of name-dropping, jokes, etc. All funny and accessible.
I love my sports books, and for once I don't feel like I'm being spoken down to. Mr Booth is happy for us to join us in his world. He welcomes us in.
Write something else and I'll pop in again!
Its just as good (better, even) as the easy wit of The Spin, his weekly cricket column, and is full of name-dropping, jokes, etc. All funny and accessible.
I love my sports books, and for once I don't feel like I'm being spoken down to. Mr Booth is happy for us to join us in his world. He welcomes us in.
Write something else and I'll pop in again!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
One of the wittiest cricket writers around
This book was a joy from start to finish. As a hardened cricket-tragic, I found myself laughing out loud at the passage near the beginning where Lawrence describes sitting on a... Read more
Published 22 months ago by C. B. Hanley
Says exactly what it does on the cover
This book is a brilliant, whimsical look at Cricket the game, its players, the countries that play, the Media and the fans. Read more
Published on 15 July 2009 by A. Bradshaw
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