Slipless in Settle is a sentimental journey around club cricket in the north of England, a world far removed from the clichéd lengthening-shadows-on-the-village-green image of the summer game. This is hardcore cricket played in former pit villages and mill towns. Winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year, it is about the little clubs that have, down the years, produced some of the greatest players Britain has ever seen, and at one time spent a fortune on importing the biggest names in the international game to boost their battle for local supremacy. Slipless in Settle is a warm, affectionate and outrageously funny sporting odyssey in which Andrew Flintoff and Learie Constantine rub shoulders with Asbo-tag-wearing all-rounders, there's hot-pot pie and mushy peas at the tea bar, two types of mild in the clubhouse, and a batsman is banned for a month for wearing a fireman's helmet when going out to face Joel Garner . . .
Slipless in Settle: A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket
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** 'By turns wry, tender and bawdy, Pearson's prose is none the less as steady and measured as a glob of gravy running down the side of a Yorkshire pudding. For anyone wishing to sample 'cricket with the crusts on', Slipless in Settle is well worth the detour (Sunday Telegraph )
** 'Packed with comic tales to delight the cricket aficionado and non-fan alike (DAILY MIRROR )
** 'Packed with comic tales to delight the cricket aficionado and non-fan alike (DAILY MIRROR )
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* The brilliant new book from Harry Pearson, winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Harry Pearson's `The Far Corner' was a superb book. It was a great read, written in a warm and humorous style that seemed to get right to the soul of football in the North East. It is, quite rightly, regarded by many as one of the best football books ever published. So when I heard that Harry Pearson had turned his attention to cricket I doubted that it would be anything like as good. I was wrong, because Slipless in Settle is a belting book, perhaps even better than Far Corner. I am reasonably certain that I will not read a better one during this summer of cricket.
As research for this book he spent a summer travelling around the north of England taking in matches being played in some of the regions many local cricket leagues. Slipless in Settle is his account of his experiences along the way and the people he met.
Anybody that has ever attended to a local league cricket match in Yorkshire or Lancashire will know that they seem to attract characters like moths to a flame. At any ground you will find not only a fiercely competitive game of cricket but also some slightly eccentric supporters always ready with to supply ribald comments on the state of the match and cricketers of varying ability that turn up ever week for either the love of the game or because they are paid to do so. You will find a great many of these people in Slipless in Settle.
It is, above all, a very funny book. There is practically a decent anecdote on every page, some so amusing that at times it reads like more like a comedy than a sports book and they are all weaved together by Harry Pearson's effortlessly entertaining prose.
Slipless in Settle is a must read for anybody that has the slightest interest in cricket.
As research for this book he spent a summer travelling around the north of England taking in matches being played in some of the regions many local cricket leagues. Slipless in Settle is his account of his experiences along the way and the people he met.
Anybody that has ever attended to a local league cricket match in Yorkshire or Lancashire will know that they seem to attract characters like moths to a flame. At any ground you will find not only a fiercely competitive game of cricket but also some slightly eccentric supporters always ready with to supply ribald comments on the state of the match and cricketers of varying ability that turn up ever week for either the love of the game or because they are paid to do so. You will find a great many of these people in Slipless in Settle.
It is, above all, a very funny book. There is practically a decent anecdote on every page, some so amusing that at times it reads like more like a comedy than a sports book and they are all weaved together by Harry Pearson's effortlessly entertaining prose.
Slipless in Settle is a must read for anybody that has the slightest interest in cricket.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By B.Graham
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This guy is very,very funny.
O,and knowlegeable and witty and very informative about the serious end of cricket.
Buy it for long,cold dark Winters oop North.
Tis a pity he's a Yorkshireman but nobody's ideal.
O,and knowlegeable and witty and very informative about the serious end of cricket.
Buy it for long,cold dark Winters oop North.
Tis a pity he's a Yorkshireman but nobody's ideal.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This is the funniest book I have read in ages, it is Harry Pearson's best by far. I am still laughing out loud about The Geordie Pizza, and the tale about Hitler using Old Spice as a weapon has me in stitches every time I think about it. All the greats in the cricketing world are mentioned with some humility, and the description of David Gower by the author's father is very apt.
Thanks Harry!
Thanks Harry!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amusing and informative
Harry Pearson first came to my attention when Penguins Stopped Play was passed to me to read. This is a great story of an unlikely world cricket tour that can be enjoyed by both... Read more
Published 3 months ago by jane talboys
5.0 out of 5 stars
Warm and funny
A lovely trip round Northern England full of stats about players I had never heard of. It has made me want to visit all the grounds mentioned.
Published 4 months ago by S. Burton
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great read
Well written. Funny and very, very true. Every northern cricket fan and player should read this book. I loved it
Published 5 months ago by ian
4.0 out of 5 stars
Proper cricket
I was loaned 'Slipless' a couple of years ago, read it in a day. Essential reading for all who love club cricket and it'll give you something to read
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Published 8 months ago by buffalo
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good service
The book is a delightful account of cricket clubs, personalities and grounds. Perfect gift for a cricket fanatic.
Good service.
Good service.
Published 10 months ago by dkayj
4.0 out of 5 stars
Leagues apart
It's fair to say that it takes Harry Pearson a couple of chapters to get into his rhythm. The beginning has a real early-season feel to it, as though the author hadn't warmed-up... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Roger Risborough
5.0 out of 5 stars
A peach of a delivery
This has been by far the most enjoyable read I've had this year. I'm not a particularly a cricket fan but I am most definitely a supporter of Harry Pearson who is, by some... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ping
1.0 out of 5 stars
Like an edge off a medium-pacer, it often falls short
The incessant similes are incessantly tortuous; the variation in detail is immensely irritating; and the overall impression is of the man in the anorak who you avoid at all costs... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. Ar Airey
4.0 out of 5 stars
Northern life
This book has described life in the north of England to a tee. I'm not a great cricket follower but parts if this definitely reminds me of a few clubs I have visited
Published 16 months ago by Lynne Hudson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Top buy
I have purchased four books one for myself the others for presents.Every one of us have really enjoyed the book its a great read if you are into Northen Cricket Leagues.
Published 19 months ago by B. J. Ayres
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