{"product_id":"fire-in-babylon-9780224092241","title":"Fire in Babylon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Lister\u003c\/b\u003e is a cricket writer and senior BBC news producer. His first book, \u003ci\u003eSupercat\u003c\/i\u003e  the authorised biography of Clive Lloyd  was short-listed for the British Sports Book of the Year award. It was, said the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, beautifully written'. He has been a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eWisden Cricketers' Almanack\u003c\/i\u003e and has covered the county game for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. For ten years, his magazine column, \u003ci\u003eEyewitness, \u003c\/i\u003eappeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWisden Cricketer \u003c\/i\u003eand its successor \u003ci\u003eThe Cricketer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI doubt there will be a better book\u003c\/b\u003e written about this period in West Indies cricket history -- Clive Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOutstanding\u003c\/b\u003e... Lister's book works \u003cb\u003emagnificently\u003c\/b\u003e not just because he tells a great story with unfussy clarity and journalistic rigour but because - like the best sports books - it is not content to stick to sport.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Richard Whitehead * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003eperceptive\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ecomprehensive\u003c\/b\u003e account that more than cricket knows -- Gideon Haigh\u003cbr\u003eCalm and fair, but with pace and bounce, \u003cb\u003ethe story of the most feared team cricket has ever seen\u003c\/b\u003e -- Matthew Engel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs near definitive as you could want\u003c\/b\u003e...expert and knowledgeable -- Danny Kelly * Observer *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732895314263,"sku":"9780224092241","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780224092241.jpg?v=1719998851","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fire-in-babylon-9780224092241","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}