Basil D'oliveira
Cricket and Controversy
$28.77
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
23 May 2005
Summary
There have been innumerable biographies of cricketers. Peter Oborne’s outstanding biography of Basil D’Oliveira is something else. It brings together sport, politics and race. It is the story of how a black South African defied incredible odds and came to play cricket for England, of how a single man escaped from apartheid and came to fulfil his prodigious sporting potential. It is a story of the conquest of racial prejudice, both in South Africa and in the heart of the English sporting estab…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751534887 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751534889 |
| Author: | Peter Oborne |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 23 May 2005 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
It is an inspirational story and one which never fails to move this reader - Michael Parkinson, DAILY TELEGRAPH
Oborne tells this remarkable story with the tautness of a thriller and the focus of a political tract. If you are at all interested in either cricket or humanity, I guarantee that you will read his book at one sitting. - Peter Wilby, NEW STATESMANIt is a masterpiece of research and reconstruction of the most significant sporting uprising of our times - DAILY MAILAs this stunning book makes very clear, principled people acting together can sniff out the essential truth and make the difference. Read it and risk being inspired to do the same. - IRELAND TRIBUNEAbout The Author
Peter Oborne
Peter Oborne is the highly-regarded Political Columnist of the SPECTATOR and contributes widely to current affairs programmes on radio and TV.
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