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Arm-ball to Zooter: A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket
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Product Description
Arm-ball to Zooter: A Sideways Look at the Language of Cricket by Lawrence Booth
SUNDAY TIMES - BOOK OF THE WEEK
Cricket's ability to fit the new alongside the old grins happily out of Lawrence Booth's entertaining writing.
SPORT magazine
A witty and readable guide to the words that matter... indispensable for newcomers and veterans alike.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #268734 in Books
- Brand: Penguin
- Published on: 2006-10-05
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
Editorial Reviews
SUNDAY TIMES -- BOOK OF THE WEEK
Cricket's ability to fit the new alongside the old grins happily
out of Lawrence Booth's entertaining writing.
SPORT magazine
A witty and readable guide to the words that matter...
indispensable for newcomers and veterans alike.
WISDEN CRICKETER magazine
Chatty, amusing (plus Nick Newman's delightful cartoon A to Z)...
A cricketer's dip-in book for the Christmas stocking.
Customer Reviews
hits the spot
Not a huge cricket fan but was given this for christmas by someone who thinks I should be, and have really enjoyed dipping in and out of it ever since. Funny, informative, sharp and easy to digest. For me, the perfect toilet book - and that's no insult!!!
Superb!
Brilliant. I love Booth's stuff in the Guardian and this is even better. He manages to inform and entertain at the same time, which is a rare skill. Each entry contains a - usually very good - gag and the cross-referencing is addictive. His enthusiasm for the game always shines through.
Outstanding
Lawrence Booth is one of the brightest young cricket writers in England and this is a splendid book: witty, informative, often laugh-out-loud funny and oozing class.
