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‘The year’s best cricket book’ Daily Telegraph
‘Well researched and engagingly written, this exemplary work reveals a hidden history…superbly told story’ Sunday Times
‘Easily the cricket book of the year, of the century…It extends the possibility of cricket-writing-as-literature’ Suresh Menon, The Hindu

It is arguably the most famous photograph in the history of cricket. In George Beldam's picture, Victor Trumper is caught in mid stroke, the personification of cricketing grace, skill and power, about to hit the ball long and hard. Yet this image, 'Jumping Out', is important not only because of who it depicts, but also what it illustrates about the changing nature of the game and how it has been seen. Now, in Gideon Haigh's brilliant new book, Stroke of Genius, we learn not only about the

Stroke of Genius

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    A Paperback / softback by Gideon Haigh

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Published 2 November 2017
      ISBN-13 9781471146824
      978-1471146824
      ISBN-10 1471146820

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      Book Synopsis
      ‘The year’s best cricket book’ Daily Telegraph
      ‘Well researched and engagingly written, this exemplary work reveals a hidden history…superbly told story’ Sunday Times
      ‘Easily the cricket book of the year, of the century…It extends the possibility of cricket-writing-as-literature’ Suresh Menon, The Hindu

      It is arguably the most famous photograph in the history of cricket. In George Beldam's picture, Victor Trumper is caught in mid stroke, the personification of cricketing grace, skill and power, about to hit the ball long and hard. Yet this image, 'Jumping Out', is important not only because of who it depicts, but also what it illustrates about the changing nature of the game and how it has been seen. Now, in Gideon Haigh's brilliant new book, Stroke of Genius, we learn not only about the

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