The state of the game in India is attracting some discussion at the moment, and it looks like this week’s book might go some way to putting that debate in a wider context.
One of the mysteries of cricket literature is why Ronald Mason, who died in 2002, wrote only one more cricket title after this week’s book appeared in 1971.
Ghosted autobiographies are seldom a good read, and in days gone by some distinctly ordinary books were published. This week Martin reviews Tom Graveney’s 1970 effort.
It has been a while since he revisited the era, so perhaps we should not be surprised that Martin has recently been reading the biography of a man from the Bodyline series.
This week we welcome back our top man following a spot of paternity leave, and it would seem that this week’s book will have provided him with a welcome distraction from the nappy changing.
Few cricket books are bestsellers, and I doubt this week’s book ever was either, but it has been through several editions, and I don’t suppose its total sales have been exceeded by many.