A new book about a cricketing legend – see how Archie rated what has been described as the definitive biography of Sir Jack Hobbs.
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Archie has travelled back to cricketing pre-history this week to review a new biography of William Lillywhite.
A high rating from Archie, although after reading the review it seems like it may one tough read.
Someone once said the difference between eccentricity and madness is money. Sir Julian Cahn seems to have been firmly in the former class.
We all know Archie Mac is in a time warp when it comes to cricket. Or as one CW poster put it “he has a h*** on for old cricketers” Only a book by Mr Haigh could bring him into the 21st century
Cricket has had its share of mercurial talents. This week Archie reviews a biography of perhaps the most mercurial of all.
This week Archie reviews a biography of the first man of West Indian descent to play Test cricket.
Given Archie’s glowing endorsement, and the fact that there are only 135 copies available, it would seem that potential purchasers of Blighted Lives should place their orders now.
After last week’s look at the earliest Ashes books we move on to the interwar period and examine the written archive that exists.
They say you should never judge a book by its cover. For some reason Archie’s review of this collection of soundbites and epigrams put me in mind of that old adage.