There are precious few cricket books published in South Africa as it is, without those that do appear being restricted to short print runs and distributed privately
CRICKET BOOKS
With this review Martin looks at a privately published book he missed in 2011, which is the second one in a week – it is at this point we feel obliged to underline that our six monthly previews are not intended to be comprehensive
A month after his CW debut Hector from Yahoo Over Cow Corner is back with another guest review for us, this time of a new take on an old idea
After last week’s monograph of JT Tyldesley Martin turns his attention now to a rather longer work on one of John Tommy’s Lancashire teammates
After Peter Della Penna’s book Martin is back to more familiar ground with this one, a story involving a great Lancastrian batsman from the olden days
Lack of originality of subject matter is certainly not an accusation that can be levelled at Peter Della Penna, whose first book this is
We are a little late to the party on this one, but it would appear from Martin’s review that the positive reaction to the publication of Robin Smith’s autobiography last year was fully justified
Occasionally reviews slip through the net, like this one that Martin had filed with a collection of family photographs by mistake. It is therefore 18 months late, so the book may no longer be available
Another county has now embarked on a series of books containing biographies of all who have played for them over the years, a most welcome trend
Martin enjoyed Aditya Bhushan’s second book, Fortune Turners, so we tasked him with reviewing his debut as well