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Zusatztext This is cricket biography of the highest stamp! fit to compare in recent memory with Gideon Haigh's excavation of the life of Jack Iverson! David Foot's dramatic revisionism on Wally Hammond and Leo McKinstry's remarkably even-handed portrait of Geoff Boycott. Five stars' Wisden Cricketer. Informationen zum Autor Duncan Hamilton has won three William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prizes. He has been nominated on a further four occasions. He has also claimed two British Sports Book Awards and is the first writer to have won the Wisden Cricket Book of the Year on three occasions. His biography of the Chariots of Fire runner Eric Liddell, For the Glory, was a New York Times bestseller. He most recently collaborated with Jonny Bairstow on the cricketer's autobiography, A Clear Blue Sky. He lives at the foot of the Yorkshire Dales. Klappentext Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the first ever biography of Harold Larwood. Larwood, one of the most talented, accurate and intimidating fast bowlers of all time is mainly remembered for his role in the infamous Bodyline series of 1932-3 which brought Anglo-Australian diplomatic relations to the brink of collapse. Larwood was made the scapegoat - and despite the fact he was simply following his captain's instructions, he never played cricket for England again. Devastated by this betrayal, he eventually emigrated to Australia, where he was accepted by the country that had once despised him. Acclaimed author Duncan Hamilton has gained unprecedented access to the late sportsman's family and archives to tell the story of a true working-class hero and cricketing legend. Zusammenfassung The first biography of England's finest and most controversial fast bowler. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Kicking Bradman Up the Arse. Bloody Hard Work! April 1923-June 1925. Captains! Oh My Captains! August 1925. His Master's Voice! June 1926-September 1927. Beer! Fags and a Cheese Sandwich! September 1929. The Little Bastard! August 1932-September 1932. We Conduct Cricketers' Funerals! December 1932-January 1933. It Wasn't Your Fault! Harold! January 1933-February 1933. Why Didn't You Bowl Underarm? April 1933. I'm Afraid You'll Have to Apologize! May 1933-November 1934. No Bugger Can Drive Me! August 1936. A Lonely and Desolate Chap! June 1948. Our Fate is in the Hands of the Gods! April 1950-December 1950. It's Not Like the Old Days! Don! December 1950-February 1971. I Love a Sunburnt Country! March 1977-1995. Afterword! February 2008. Acknowledgements. Appendices: Who's Who; Harold Larwood! First-Class Record; Australia v England! 1932-33; Bibliography; Index. ...
