Slipless In Settle
a slow turn around northern cricket
$34.09
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2012
Summary
Slipless In Settle: A Cricket Odyssey
SLIPLESS IN SETTLE is a sentimental journey around club cricket in the north of England, a world far removed from the cliched lengthening-shadows-on-the-village-green image of the summer game. This is hardcore cricket played in former pit villages and mill towns. Winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year, it is about the little clubs that have, down the years, produced some of the greatest players Britain has ever seen and at one time spen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349000107 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349000107 |
| Author: | Harry Pearson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 125mm x 18mm |
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** ‘Packed with comic tales to delight the cricket aficionado and non-fan alike
** ‘By turns wry, tender and bawdy, Pearson’s prose is none the less as steady and measured as a glob of gravy running down the side of a Yorkshire pudding. For anyone wishing to sample ‘cricket with the crusts on’, Slipless in Settle is well worth the detour Sunday Telegraph ** ‘Packed with comic tales to delight the cricket aficionado and non-fan alike DAILY MIRROR
About The Author
Harry Pearson
Harry Pearson is a journalist and writer who contributes regularly to the Guardian, GQ and When Saturday Comes.
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