We were concerned that this book might be all doom and gloom, but in truth it is more in the nature of a constructive warning, and something worth pondering over the long Christmas break
CRICKET BOOKS
Even if it is by far the oldest in the field, Wisden is certainly not the only cricket annual on the market, and this week Archie has been reading another offering from the Almanack’s publisher
As Australia start to wrest the Ashes back David looks at a book that will make more pleasant reading for England supporters than this morning’s newspapers
Year in year out Wisden is the best cricket book around, so it is hardly surprising that a compilation of the Almanack’s highlights is a five star book
Our thanks to the perceptive and eloquent Sean Riley for volunteering to review this week’s book, and for so clearly understanding what we set out to achieve
If Martin hopes that reviewing 100 books in one fell swoop will get him a lengthy vacation I fear he may be disappointed
Archie knows as much as most about the era in which Tibby Cotter played, so as he clearly rates this biography it must be a worthwhile purchase
We do like the ACS Lives in Cricket series here, as it demonstrates time after time that the greatness of its subject is not a pre-requisite for an interesting biography
Our run of quality titles continues this week with a new book from Australia, which has also just been released in the UK.
It has been an excellent few months for new books, and this week Martin has been reading the most original cricket book that has been published in years