Next week we hope to run Martin’s regular update on recently published and forthcoming books, but in the meantime we close the year with a review of a book about which he clearly had mixed feelings
CRICKET BOOKS
He was a serious business for the unfortunate bowlers who had to try and dismiss him, but Sir Donald Bradman also generated plenty of humour along the way
Every now and again we allow Archie and Martin to review the same book, just to keep them on their toes, and they certainly both enjoyed this one
For anyone who runs out of things to do between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve one idea would be to nip out to your local bookseller and pick up a copy of Patrick Ferriday’s latest book.
It’s a brave man who publishes a collection of poems about cricket, but from Archie’s review it would seem Peter Fenton has produced something eminently readable- cue Gulu!
The efforts of a handful of devotees have made sure that recent years have seen a steady flow of ‘new’ material from the pen of the most famous cricket scribe of them all. This week Martin takes a look at the fruits of their labours
In the last couple of years, as the fortieth anniversary has approached, interest in the World Series Cricket ‘crisis’ of 1977 has been renewed and this book gathers together the thoughts of those who were in the eye of the storm
We have not reviewed a book from the ACS ‘Lives in Cricket’ series for some time, so this week Martin looks at two recent additions, both dealing with Yorkshiremen
We have not reviewed a book from the ACS ‘Lives in Cricket’ series for some time, so this week Martin looks at two recent additions, both dealing with Yorkshiremen
The humble periodical rarely gets much in the way of critical acclaim, and is generally rather better appreciated once it has gone. The history of cricket literature is littered with failed projects, and with a new player in the marketplace with a familiar name there may well be another one joining them soon. So perhaps […]