Connie
The Marvellous Life of Learie Constantine
$35.95
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
5 July 2018
Summary
Winner of the MCC Book of the Year Award
His father was a first-class cricketer, his grandfather was a slave.
Born in rural Trinidad in 1901, Learie Constantine was the most dynamic all-round cricketer of his age (1928-1939) when he played Test cricket for the West Indies and club cricket for Nelson. Few who saw Constantine in action would ever forget the experience.
As well as the cricketing genius that led to Constantine being described as ‘the most …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349140391 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349140391 |
| Author: | Harry Pearson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 5 July 2018 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 145mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
At last Constantine has found a biographer capable of telling his magnificent story - Harry Pearson has written a beguiling work that does full justice to this wonderful sportsman and most honourable of men – Peter Oborne * Daily Mail *
an excellently researched and sensitively handled account of Constantine’s life and impact beyond the game. He was “a ‘Champagne cocktail’ cricketer - effervescent but with a kick” and half a century on, his story has lost none of its fizz * ESPN.com *
Harry Pearson is an author with an aversion to uninteresting sentences. Connie is a constantly engaging study – Giles Smith * The Times *
Cricket fans will cherish … and Harry Pearson ’s admirable Learie Constantine biography Connie – Huw Richards * Guardian *
A beautiful book * New European *
About The Author
Harry Pearson
Harry Pearson was born and brought up on the edge of Teesside. He is the author of eight works of non-fiction. The Far Corner - A Mazy Dribble through North-East Football, was runner-up for the William Hill Prize and has been named as one of the Fifty Greatest Sports Books of All Time by both the Observer and The Times. He wrote a weekly sports column in the Guardian from 1996 to 2012, and won the 2011 MCC/Cricket Society Prize for his book about Northern club cricket, Slipless in Settle. He lives in Northumberland.
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