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
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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.
It’s that time of year again and, this time, an exclusive glimpse at the cover of the Cricket Book of 2013
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.
Stuck for something to keep the old man quiet over the festive period? This week Archie dons a big red coat and a false beard to give you the answer.
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.
Something a little different this week but, it seems, a small book that is well worth tracking down.
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.
Every once in a while the review team miss a treat, and we did last year with this book, but feature writer David Mutton has mopped up behind us.