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Reviews
A hit for six!
Review date: 2009-09-02 Rating: 8 out of 10
A really entertaining and amusing book about the trials and tribulations of a VERY amateur cricket team where each player has an exaggerated sense of his own ability and value to the side. If you love cricket and even if you don't, the descriptions of the matches and the events that surround them are quite hilarious. My father was a rather good cricketer in a pretty decent side and I can remember travelling with them as "official scorer" and the characters I met each weekend are not so far different from some of those in this book. So a big thank you to the author for reminding me of some of the happiest days of my life.
am I Marcus Berkmann?
Review date: 2009-07-06 Rating: 10 out of 10
I thought only I was so cricket-obssessed that it has taken over my life. When I read Rain Men, this was the book I wished I had written and indeed could have written. For the cricket lover this book will strike a cord so loudly that you will wonder how the author could have read your mind so accurately. If you are 45-55 years old and love cricket-I promise you that you will belly laugh your way through this book and be devastated, as I was, when you come to the end. I laughed out loud so much while reading this that my kids threatened to have me taken away. However, if you have never yearned to play Test cricket, if you have never practised your square cut in front of the mirror, if you have never dreamed of winning the Ashes- don't bother with this book- it would be wasted on you. By far and away the most entertaining book I have ever read.
An effortless drive to the boundary...
Review date: 2009-03-30 Rating: 10 out of 10
Quite simply the funniest laugh out loud book about cricket that I've ever read. It's also beautifully written in a conversational style that only a few can manage. He may not be much of a cricketer (by his own admission) but this is as sweet as a perfectly timed cover drive.
Checkout the sequel Zimmer Men too; it's just as good.
Absolutely hilarious! And true to life!
Review date: 2007-10-08 Rating: 10 out of 10
I came to this book after reading Harry Thompson's "When Penguins Stopped Play", encouraged by the comments in some reviews of that book (which I enjoyed) that this one would be so much better. And it is! I think one needs to be a player/ex-player (at not too high a level)/scorer/umpire/cricket "widow" to get the most of out it. But for those in any of those categories, be warned that you will encounter very strange looks from anyone in your vicinity where you are reading it as you will find yourself snorting out loud with laughter on almost every page.
Winter days thinking about cricket, pre-season indoor nets, TV or radio commentaries on England Test failures, the talents (or otherwise) of members of your own side, the awesome-looking opposition, the bad umpiring decisions (deliberate or just plain daft), players crying off late or getting lost en route, over-indulgent lunches and teas, the captain's task of trying to keep every player happy - we have all experienced them but Marcus Berkmann brings them (and more) vividly and colourfully to life in a journey through the year of a cricketer. Plus memories of "little Harry Pilling", the boring Chris Tavare and others who will be well known to the real cricket lover. It's all there, and so well written. Get it and enjoy it - but be prepared to split your sides with laughter!
Product Details/Specifications
Authors:
Marcus Berkmann
Recording label: Abacus
Manufacturer: Abacus
EAN: 9780349107424
Binding: Paperback
Dewey decimal number: 796
ISBN: 0349107424
Number of pages: 256
Publication date: 1996-04-04
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: English (Unknown)
Language: English (Published)
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