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: #415526 in Books
• Brand: Penguin
• Published on: 2006-10-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

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

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.

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!!!