Mystery Spinner: Text Classics
$17.81
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2018
Summary
The biography of one of the most original and elusive characters in Australian sporting history, by renowned cricket writer Gideon Haigh.
In 1950, aged in his mid-thirties, ‘tall, shy, shambling’ Jack Iverson burst forth from obscurity in suburban Melbourne, ‘bowled like no man before’ and became a national sensation, then faded from view almost as swiftly. He died in obscurity, in tragic circumstances.
In the enthralling Mystery Spinner, first published in 1999, one …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925603217 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1925603210 |
| Author: | Gideon Haigh |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
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Critics Review
‘Magnificent.’
‘One of the best cricket biographies I have ever read.’ * Wisden Cricket Monthly *
‘[An] unconventional journey…brilliantly documented.’ * Courier Mail *
‘Even if you don’t care for the game you might enjoy it…Not your standard sporting biography.’ * Guardian *
‘A delight, a gripping (no pun intended) read, and an object lesson to anyone tempted to try their hand at biography.’ * ESPNcricinfo *
‘Magnificent.’ * Roar *
About The Author
Gideon Haigh
Gideon Haigh has been a journalist for three decades, writing mainly about sport and business. He is the author of more than thirty books, among them the award-winning On Warne, Certain Admissions and Stroke of Genius. He lives in Melbourne.
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