A full biography of Charlie Turner is long overdue, and it seems from Archie’s review that Ric Sissons has plugged that particular gap in the game’s literature very well indeed.
Does this new biography add anything to the various previous books about Warnie? It seems from David’s review that it does – but then the author is Gideon Haigh
Warning – this review contains a teaser – if you read it you will have no option but to buy the book, although based on Archie’s opinions it seems unlikely to be a purchase you will regret.
Keith Booth is best known for writing biographies of Surrey cricketers from Victorian times, but he hasn’t always concentrated on that subject, as this week’s book demonstrates.
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.