More to it than cricket but Neville Cardus's autobiography has some lovely writing about his time as assistant cricket coach at Shrewsbury School and reporting for the Manchester Guardian on Roses matches at O.T. and England tours of Australia.Interesting. Didn't know that. Has he written anything worthwhile on cricket? Genuinely good cricket writers are rare, I find. C.L.R. James wrote one of the best books ever written on cricket, and a lot of other things in passing: Beyond A Boundary.
Peace wrote a book called GB84I quite enjoyed it, knowing that it was a novel and giving it that licence. I think Martin Sheen's portrayal of Clough redresses the balance, and the film needs to be seen. He gets just the right mixture of arrogance and vulnerability in the man.
That author, though! I can get through some fairly arduous, reader-unfriendly stuff if I'm determined to (i.e. if I'm getting something out of the book). But I've picked up that book Red or Dead two or three times in bookshops, and I cannot even finish one page of it. It's like having your teeth drilled — all of them, at the same time. It is difficult for me to believe that anyone actually finishes that book.
More to it than cricket but Neville Cardus's autobiography has some lovely writing about his time as assistant cricket coach at Shrewsbury School and reporting for the Manchester Guardian on Roses matches at O.T. and England tours of Australia.
(Born in Rusholme but sadly didn't turn his talents much to writing about City.)
Peace wrote a book called GB84
Superb read about the miners strike