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26%OFFPeter Oborne - Basil D´oliveira: Cricket and Controversy - 9780751534887 - V9780751534887
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Basil D´oliveira: Cricket and Controversy

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Description for Basil D´oliveira: Cricket and Controversy Paperback. Controversial and revelatory biography of the South African-born cricketer who played for England and was banned from touring his native country Num Pages: 288 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.

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 establishment.

The story comes to its climax in the so-called D'Oliveira Affair of ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
216g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751534887
SKU
V9780751534887
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Peter Oborne
Peter Oborne is the highly-regarded Political Columnist of the Spectator and contributes widely to current affairs programmes on radio and TV.

Reviews for Basil D´oliveira: Cricket and Controversy
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. ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Basil D´oliveira: Cricket and Controversy


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