Fire in Babylon
How the West Indies Cricket Team Brought a People to its Feet
$38.66
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2016
Summary
WINNER OF THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
‘I doubt there will be a better book written about this period in West Indies cricket history.’ — Clive Lloyd
Cricket had never been played like this. Cricket had never meant so much.
The West Indies had always had brilliant cricketers; it hadn’t always had brilliant cricket teams. But in 1974, a man called Clive Lloyd began to lead a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224092241 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0224092243 |
| Author: | Simon Lister |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Yellow Jersey Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
I doubt there will be a better book written about this period in West Indies cricket history
I doubt there will be a better book written about this period in West Indies cricket history – Clive Lloyd
Outstanding… Lister’s book works magnificently not just because he tells a great story with unfussy clarity and journalistic rigour but because - like the best sports books - it is not content to stick to sport.
– Richard Whitehead * The Times *A perceptive and comprehensive account that more than cricket knows – Gideon HaighCalm and fair, but with pace and bounce, the story of the most feared team cricket has ever seen – Matthew EngelAs near definitive as you could want…expert and knowledgeable – Danny Kelly * Observer *The best cricket book since Beyond A Boundary by CLR James. I am completely intrigued by the fact that it is set in a historical and social context over an extended period and brings to the fore, so many of the thoughts I had as a young man in pre and post-independent Jamaica. It should be obligatory reading for every West Indian but especially those young aspiring West Indian cricketers – Pat Rousseau, former President, West Indies Cricket BoardOne of the best sports books I’ve read in years – Simon KuperThe chapter on fast bowling in Fire In Babylon is the best thing you’ll read this year. If you read it. Please do read it. – Rob Smyth, Guardian/Daily Telegraph sportswriter[Lister’s] analysis of the…team’s fast bowling attack shows him as perceptive a judge of technique as he is a cultural historian * Independent *A compelling book * Western Morning News *About The Author
Simon Lister
Simon Lister is a cricket writer and senior BBC news producer. His first book, Supercat - the authorised biography of Clive Lloyd - was short-listed for the British Sports Book of the Year award. It was, said the Guardian, ‘beautifully written’. He has been a contributor to the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack and has covered the county game for the Sunday Telegraph. For ten years, his magazine column, Eyewitness, appeared in The Wisden Cricketer and its successor The Cricketer.
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