Silence Of The Heart by David Frith

Silence Of The Heart by David Frith

Cricket has an alarming suicide rate. Among international players for England and several other countries it is far above the national average for all sports: and there have been numerous instances at other levels of the game. For thirty years, celebrated cricket author David Frith has collected data on this sad subject. Silence of the Heart is his compelling account of over a hundred cricketers - involving top names from the past hundred years - who have taken their own lives, with an explanation of factors that led to their premature deaths. Can the shocking rate of self-destruction among cricketers be reduced? Can those who run the game do something to save its participants from this dreadful fate? These are among the questions addressed within this catalogue of biographies. But the key question is whether cricket itself is to blame for its losses - or is that this summer game attracts people of a melancholic and over-sensitive nature? Stoddart, Shrewsbury, Gimblett, Bairstow, Trott, Iverson, Robertson-Glasgow, Barnes ...There remains a sense of disbelief that these high-profile cricketers killed themselves. And many more cases are examined in this extraordinary book, which comes crammed with detail, is not devoid of humour, and must rank among the most intricately researched volumes in cricket's extensive library. With a foreword by former England captain Mike Brearley, now a psychotherapist, Silence of the Heart is a startling investigative narrative covering the phenomenon of cricket's unduly high level of suicide.

David Frith has been playing, watching and writing about the sport for fifty years. He was the founding editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly and has been editor of The Cricketer. Two of his previous books, Pageant of Cricket and a biography of A.E. Stoddart, 'My Dear Victorious Stod', have won the Cricket Society Literary Award.

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ISBN 13	9781840184068
ISBN 10	184018406X
Title	Silence Of The Heart
Author	David Frith
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Transworld Publishers Ltd
Year published	2001-04-12
Number of pages	256
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