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25%OFFMarcus Berkmann - Rain Men - 9780349107424 - V9780349107424
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Rain Men

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Description for Rain Men Paperback. Hilarious book about amateur cricket. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.

There are many cricket books, and they are all the same. 'Don't Tell Goochie', autobiographical insights of nights on the tiles in Delhi with Lambie and the boys; 'Fruit cake days', a celebrated humourist recalls 'ball' - related banter of yore; and Wisden, a deadly weapon when combined with a thermos flask. Rain Men is different. Like the moment the genius of Richie Benaud first revealed itself to you, it is a cricketing epiphany, a landmark in the literature of the game.

Shining the light meter of reason into cricket's incomparable madness, Marcus Berkmann illuminates all the obsessions and ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349107424
SKU
V9780349107424
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About Marcus Berkmann
Marcus Berkmann has spent more than thirty years sitting in front of various television screens swearing at incompetent England batsmen. In his leisure time he has written columns on sport for Punch, the Independent on Sunday and the Daily Express. He is a regular contributor to Private Eye and film critic of the Oldie, and writes book reviews for the ... Read more

Reviews for Rain Men
The Fever Pitch of cricket. Very funny
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Many thousands of cricketers will be able to identify with Marcus Berkmann's marvellous Rain Men. A masterpiece
Sir Tim Rice A very funny book about some very sad men
Ian Hislop It captures splendidly the many dazzingling facets of the truly atrocious cricketer
OBSERVER
For ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Rain Men


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