Prize winning biography of England's great pre-war fast bowler, a 'villain' of Bodyline. Not just for cricket enthusiasts - his rise from a mining community, treatment by the grandees of the MCC and fall back into obscurity then his resurrection in, of all places, Australia speak eloquently of class-ridden mid- century Britain. Much more of a journey than Tony Blair ever contemplated.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 58 Autumn 2010 ) |
