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Rain Men Marcus Berkmann

Rain Men By Marcus Berkmann

Rain Men by Marcus Berkmann


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Summary

A witty look at cricket and it's followers aimed at the fan, or the weekend player. It analyses the mystique of such diverse elements as the misery of Test match attendance, professionally eccentric commentators, and the pointlessness of Merv Hughes' moustache.

Rain Men Summary

Rain Men: Madness of Cricket by Marcus Berkmann

This book is aimed at the fan; at the person who listens to the Test Match on a motorway and narrowly avoids crashing whenever somone takes a wicket; at the weekend player who happily gives up his valuable afternoon to be given out for 0 by the umpire and who can't quite remember the lbw law. However, unlike most cricket books (gentle, elegiac, full of photographs of village greens circa 1850), this book is realistic. It accepts the great unspoken truth of cricket: that the other team are only there to make up the numbers and that the people you're competing with are your teammates. It shows the game as it is really played, and analyses the mystique of such diverse elements as the misery of Test match attendance, professionally eccentric commentators and the pointlessness of Merv Hughes' moustache.

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 has been the Spectator's pop music critic for over twenty years. His books include Rain Men: The Madness of Cricket, Zimmer Men: The Trials and Tribulations of the Ageing Cricketer, Fatherhood: The Truth and A Matter of Facts: The Insider's Guide to Quizzing

Additional information

GOR001422075
9780316914574
0316914576
Rain Men: Madness of Cricket by Marcus Berkmann
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Little, Brown & Company
19950615
242
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