Winter Colours by Donald Mcrae
Through intimate interviews with the sport's greatest contemporary icons, Donald McRae examines how rugby is played and revered in different countries. In this new and updated edition of a sporting classic, Martin Johnson, Brian O'Driscoll, Jonny Wilkinson, Sean Fitzpatrick, Francois Pienaar, Jonah Lomu and Gregor Townsend are just some of the stars who help McRae reveal the distinctive colours and cultures of world rugby.
"Simply the best book on rugby union ever written" The Guardian "A memorable, epic journey through the sport" Sunday Times "A work that stands head and shoulders above any rival" The Times "This is the best book on rugby to hit the shelves since Stephen Jones's Endless Winter.. McRae spent a year rubbing shoulders with the world's heroic rugby figures ... he achieves levels of intimacy that elude many others" The Independent "Enthralling - a book which ranges like a loose forward, grips like a hooker entering a five-metre scrum and is told with the guile of a French three-quarter" The Herald
McRae, Donald: - Donald McRae is an award-winning author of eleven non-fiction books which have featured compelling boxers, pioneering heart surgeons, and legendary trial lawyers. He has twice won the UK's William Hill Sports Book of the Year for Dark Trade: Lost in Boxing and In Black White: The Secret History of Joe Louis and Jesse Owens. McRae is a three-time Interviewer of the Year winner and he has twice won the Feature Writer of the Year for his work in The Guardian - most recently in 2018. Having been born and raised in South Africa, McRae's writing career began when, aged 21, he started a music magazine while working as a white teacher in the black township of Soweto. This led to him being offered work in London - and over the last thirty years his writing has been as versatile as it has been commended. His books have been praised consistently for their intimacy of tone and breadth of research as he draws the reader deep inside the heads of his extraordinary subjects. Whether writing a memoir of life under apartheid, a sporting biography or riveting drama set in the courtroom or surgical theatre, the humanity of Donald McRae's characters is always evident.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781840182477 |
| ISBN 10 | 1840182474 |
| Title | Winter Colours |
| Author | Donald Mcrae |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 1999-10-07 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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