Summary
“A book which everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read” - Simon Barnes, The Times
Why will there never be another Bradman? How do you win 33 games in a row? Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world’s stage?
Foraying deep into sport’s leftfield, Ed Smith asks the questions we rarely ask of our teams and players. When is cheating really cheating? Is the free market good for sport? Can talent be a curse? Does luck matter? His answers, often controversial and always…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141031859 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141031859 |
| Author: | Ed Smith |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2009 |
| Weight: | 149g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
An exceptional book: lucid, thought-provoking, informative and fair. Outstanding
Recommended to anyone interested in sport, history, or simply human nature Mark Lawson, Front Row I could eat this stuff up with a spoon Nick Hornby A book that everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read. Don’t miss it – Simon Barnes The Times A terrific book - Smith has distilled into 200 pages things that took me fifteen years of playing to work out Mike Atherton An exceptional book: lucid, thought-provoking, informative and fair. Outstanding – Christopher Martin-Jenkins The Times
Ed Smith
Ed Smith read History at Peterhouse, Cambridge. Having played for Kent and England, he is now Captain of Middlesex County Cricket Club.
He has published two highly acclaimed books:
- Playing Hard Ball, a comparison of baseball and cricket.
- On and Off the Field, which was named Wisden Book of the Year, 2004.
He writes for many publications, including The Times and Sunday Telegraph.
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