Cricket, Lovely Cricket?: An Addict's Guide to the World's Most Exasperating Game - Softcover

Booth, Lawrence

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9780224079150: Cricket, Lovely Cricket?: An Addict's Guide to the World's Most Exasperating Game

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ISBN 10: 0224079158 ISBN 13: 9780224079150

Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press, 2009

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Full of stories, observations, jokes and whimsy, Guardian cricket writer Booth offers an original and engaging journey around the curious world of cricket examining the nations who spend vast chunks of their time fretting over the fate of a small red ball.

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About the Author:

Lawrence Booth writes about cricket for the Guardian and the Sunday Times. In addition to his print work, he writes 'The Spin', the Guardian website's irreverent cricket email, and has frequently contributed to their acclaimed over-by-over coverage. He is the author of two previous books and in 2011 he was appointed to the prestigious role of editor of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2011. He lives in south-west London.

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"It is a great virtue in a cricket writer, the ability to flourish a polished anecdote or a droll quotation like a man embellishing an engaging conversation... Anything [Booth] writes is going to be worth reading" * Wisden * "Engaging... a delight" -- Peter Wilby * Observer * "One of England's funniest and most engaging cricket writers" * Independent * "Lawrence Booth has put together a sports book like no other" * Daily Express * "Wry, affectionate, irreverent and full of delicious anecdotes" * Metro *

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