No Pie, No Priest

‘Highly entertaining’ * Spectator *
‘Harry Pearson has a wry, affectionate look at these lesser-known British sports…a light, amusing read’ * Country Life *
In this cracking book, Harry Pearson travels Britain taking notes on peculiar local sports… His writing style is sublimely funny’ * Daily Telegraph *
‘As well as enjoying a singular sort of history lesson, one comes away from his book with all manner of memorable nuggets’ * Times Literary Supplement *
‘It’s difficult to recommend this book highly enough…Harry Pearson is so effortlessly funny that I found myself snorting aloud while I read this on the Tube. Indeed, he’s so engaging that it’s hard not to want to conduct one’s own tour to catch some of these games before it’s too late’ * The Field *

Harry Pearson was born and brought up on the edge of Teesside and is the author of twelve works of non-fiction. His first book, The Far Corner - A Mazy Dribble through North-East Football, was shortlisted for the William Hill Prize and is still in print. He wrote a weekly sports column in the Guardian from 1996 to 2012, and has twice won the MCC/Cricket Society Prize for the Cricket Book of the Year. He lives in Northumberland.

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