The Man Who Walked Out of the Sun
A Lifetime of Summers with Garry Sobers
$62.40
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2026
Summary
A biography of Garry Sobers, who turns 90 in 2026 and personifies the greatest of West Indian cricket
At the end of the 1960s, Garry Sobers became the highest profile beneficiary of English cricket’s decision to rid itself of the qualification rule about hiring overseas glamour. He picked Nottinghamshire, a side mediocre for so long that it was stranded on the margins of the Championship. In that first memorable summer Sobers so successfully sparked the revival of a m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349148656 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349148651 |
| Author: | Duncan Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Duncan Hamilton
Duncan Hamilton is the three-time winner of the William Hill Sports Book Award. He is the author of several cricket books, including the biography Larwood and ‘The Summer series’: A Last English Summer, The Kings of Summer, One Long and Beautiful Summer. He is also grateful to have been given the chance to work with Jonny Bairstow on the memoir: A Clear Blue Sky. He lives at the foot of the Yorkshire Dales.
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