A Majestic Innings by C L R James

A Majestic Innings by C L R James

C.L.R. James is the author of unquestionably the best book ever written about cricket: "Beyond a Boundary" - indeed, one of the finest books written about sport, period. In print ever since its publication in 1963, it has just been reissued again by Yellow Jersey. But James wrote about cricket all his life, though he only ever published one other book on the game, and this is it. Originally published by Allison and Busby, and out of print for the last ten years, it is now republished as part of Aurum's highest-quality cricket list, under a new title and with a striking cover tied in with the cover design of "Beyond a Boundary". "A Majestic Innings" collects together appreciations of great cricketers from Bradman to Botham, Dexter to David Gower, pieces on cricket controversies like the Bodyline series and the D'Oliviera affair, letters to friends like John Arlott and V.S. Naipaul, and above all writings on James's first love, West Indies cricket - on Gary Sobers, Sir Frank Worrell, Learie Constantine, and even the early promise of a young Guyanian called Clive Lloyd. Aurum's cricket list already published almost all the finest writers on the game: Derek Birley, Gideon Haigh, David Frith, David Rayvern Allen - and now it has added C.L.R. James.

'Cricket is much more than a game for Mr James: it is a way of life' Neville Cardus, Guardian

C.L.R. James wrote on politics and sport. He covered cricket for the then Manchester Guardian, and his other books include the classic The Black Jacobins, a history of the slave revolt in Haiti. He died in 1989.

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ISBN 13	9781845131791
ISBN 10	1845131797
Title	A Majestic Innings
Author	C L R James
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2006-07-25
Number of pages	336
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