- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Willow (4 May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002188163
- ISBN-13: 978-0002188166
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 66,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“The tale of the game’s unlikeliest bearer of three initials is assuredly no ordinary autobiography”
Wisden Cricket Monthly
“a book not to be missed at any price”
Citizen Sport
“highly commended”
The Cricketer
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The enfant terrible of English cricket is ready to reveal the incidents in his career, both on and off the field, which have ensured that he has been headline front page as well as back page news.
The ‘Cat’ has never been far from controversy. The man once described by West Indies Test batsman, Everton Weekes, as “an oik of the worst sort”, has certainly had his share of scrapes.
As a youth he was thrown out of both public and comprehensive school; his first mariage – to an ex-prostitute – ended in violence, and the father of a former girlfriend once hit him over the head with a brick; there have been bust-ups with officialdom on and off the pitch; and Tufnell has been the subject of numerous drugs allegations, especially on the 1996/97 England tour of New Zealand.
But when the force is with him, as it was when he spun England to victory over Australia at The Oval in the final Ashes Test of the summer series of 1997, Tufnell is capable of the kind of cricketing excellence which unites all in admiration of his talent.
In his autobiography, he reflects on his chequered career in the game, and how at each new dawn the establishment have undermined his game – from the years of Gooch’s captaincy, to the recent times of Mike Atherton. Tufnell also offers his opinion on the current regime, headed by Alec Stewart, which he has so far viewed from the sidelines.
Several of the best cricketing minds have been unable to fathom what makes Tufnell tick – but it is only in this book that the man himself can provide the real answers.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I ordered this book late tuesday night, it arrived friday (yesterday) morning. I was out all day watching Notts play Derbyshire so wasn't aware it had arrived. I started reading at 9.45pm and soon realised that this was a book I couldn't put down. The fact that my eyes were involuntarily shutting and I kept dropping the book convinced me to go to sleep some time after midnight. I picked up the book on waking, had a short break to eat some breakfast, forewent the prospect of watching England being hammered by Australia and sat outside with the book. I finished it at ten to one. I obviouly can't pretend to know PCRT at all but he seems like a pretty amusing bloke. I first thought this after reading and enjoying Postcards from the beach... Much of the book charts pretty unsavoury behaviour, the sort you come across and despise, but what won me over was that he doesn't make excuses. He was badly behaved before and after his mum's death. His description of his mum's death and nearly losing Lisa and Poppy caused me to hold my breath til the pages were turned. It does seem to turn out well towards the end of the book, he seems to become quite a nice bloke. It's an excellent book, filled with admirable honesty, much like Stephen Fry's autobiography. And inbetween the anger, frustration and general unpleasant behaviour it's a damn funny, detailed yarn, that you don't get in newspapers.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Most sports books follow a similar pattern. They are pretty dull recycling of famous games. If the author has done something wrong, there's pages of self justifying nonsense.
This book is however totally different. It is ; I think ; completely honest. Tuffers tells it like it is, and if in doing so he shows himself in a bad light, then so be it.
It's also entertaining ; amusing ; and sad in places. Well worth a read.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is very much to do with Tufnell the man. His candid acceptance of the fact that he can be a complete prat on ocassion is interwoven fairly seamlessly with cricket anecdotes and contemporary stories. Its also very funny in places, not least of all when he makes jokes at his own expense. "lend me your brain, Tufnell, I'm building an idiot" is a memorable gag and he agrees. The story is written very much from his own perspective and hopefully is true in every respect. If it is, it commands sympathy for the way he has been dumped on by certain individuals, not least his second wife,who won't let him see his daughter. It would be interesting to read her story too and to figure out the truth from that. Also, his difficulty with Illingworth also shines through and this was a period of cricket history that most cricket fans would like to forget. If you are a cricket fan, this book is a blinder. I knew nothing of Tufnell when I started it and I feel like I know him pretty well now. And I guess that was what the book intended to do.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Tufnell - Get me out of here
Great read .... If you follow cricket and wondered what the so called bad boys side of things are, then read this .... Read more
Published 2 months ago by bux46
Faultless
Purchased this hardback book (along with another 2 for a total price inc p&p of £8.43) for the wife. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. A. W. Wilcox
Tuffers tells it like it was, with plently of humour.
The only english spinner of the last ten years worthy of the name shows his talent for writing nearly matches his talent for bowling. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2001 by mirooney@cableinet.co.uk
So much you thought you knew..!!!! What a great read
Bought this book ...and couldn't put it down really enjoyable. A complex life tale about a complex individual but in many ways he lived his life the way many others of us wish they... Read more
Published on 6 May 2001 by mark.williamson@openandirect.com
the extraordinary life of an extraordinary cricketer
Phil Tufnell has been one of the most charismatic and controversial cricketers of the 1990s. From his humble beginnings he tells of how he worked his way up to become criticised... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2001 by Mr. P. McCready
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