Twirlymen

Enchanting. Twirlymen is packed with anecdotes that fizz like a Murali doosra * Spectator *
Wonderful * The Economist *
Erudite… Charming and insightful… Knowledgeable, obsessed and astute * New Statesman *
Rajan captures the distinctiveness of spin bowlers, a tribe within the wider nation of cricketers * Literary Review *
I could not stop picking it up… A history of spin bowling, diligently researched but written with wit and, most tellingly, an obsessive’s eye for detail – Andy Bull * Guardian *
Full of compelling anecdotes and perceptive analysis, and I would heartily recommend it even if it didn’t also include a few excerpts from my own encounters with notable characters from the world of spin. – Brian Viner * Independent *
Get hold of a copy of Amol Rajan’s Twirlymen…This is a forensic and often lyrical examination of the history of spin – James Lawton * Independent *
In Amol Rajan the twirlers have found a historian worthy of their deceptive art…a brilliant, revisionist book…which should be compulsory reading for anyone who claims to love the game even half as much as the author evidently does. – Simon Redfern * Independent *
An eloquent, page-turning series of biographies about cricket’s finest spin bowlers.’ * Sunday Express *
Amol Rajan provides a natty introduction to the spin bowler. * i *

Amol Rajan is Comment Editor at the Independent, having previously been a news reporter and Sports News Correspondent for the newspaper. He is also a columnist for the Independent and Evening Standard, and a restaurant critic for the Independent on Sunday. He grew up in Tooting, south London, and from the age of 11 played for Sinjuns Cricket Club (now Sinjuns & Grammarians) in Wandsworth, becoming the youngest captain of a men’s team when leading the Sunday First XI in 2002, aged eighteen.

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