Deep Pockets - Snooker and the Meaning of Life

It is no exaggeration to say that snooker remains one of the most popular sports across the globe. The game, unsurprisingly, boasts a host of conspicuous literary and intellectual figures amongst its followers: Stephen Fry, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, and Richard Osman, to name just a few. But what is it exactly that draws people in time and time again? Clive James once called snooker ''chess with balls'', and it is a fertile comparison - snooker is a sport that celebrates subtlety, slowness, and mystery. It teems with nuances and depths; abundantly rewards serious contemplation. Discussing everything from truth, loss, luck and more, Deep Pockets illustrates just how much one game of snooker can offer us.

Product details

• Authors: Brendan Cooper, Cooper Brendan
• Publisher: Constable
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781408717776
• ISBN: 978-1-4087-1777-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 220 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; PHILOSOPHY / General, Biography: sport, Ball games, Snooker, Billiards, Pool