{"product_id":"the-meaning-of-cricket-or-how-to-waste-your-life-on-an-inconsequential-sport-9780224100199","title":"The Meaning of Cricket Or How to Waste Your Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCricket is a strange game. It is a team sport that is almost entirely dependent on individual performance. Its combination of time, opportunity and the constant threat of disaster can drive its participants to despair. To survive a single delivery propelled at almost 100 miles an hour takes the body and brain to the edges of their capabilities, yet its abiding image is of the gentle village green, and the glorious absurdities of the amateur game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Cricket\u003c\/i\u003e, Jon Hotten attempts to understand this fascinating, frustrating and complex sport. Blending legendary players, from Vivian Richards to Mark Ramprakash, Kevin Pietersen to Ricky Ponting, with his own cricketing story, he explores the funny, moving and melancholic impact the game can have on an individual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written \u003c\/b\u003emeditation on the joys of summer -- Tom Holland * Evening Standard, Book of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eHotten is not just good, he is \u003cb\u003eone of the best\u003c\/b\u003e... He has the eye for a beautifully judged phrase -- Richard Whitehead * Cricketer *\u003cbr\u003eHotten has emerged as a worthy addition to the lineage of writers who adhere to C L R James’s aphorism: “What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?”… This will be \u003cb\u003ea worthy addition to any cricketing bookshelf\u003c\/b\u003e -- Tim Wigmore * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eFor those dreaming of summer, \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Cricket\u003c\/i\u003e is accessible, fun and elegantly written. -- Hilary Mantel * New Statesman, Book of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eSimultaneously playful and packed with insight … \u003cb\u003eAll cricketing life is here\u003c\/b\u003e... Hotten’s writing is accessible and often moving -- Ben East * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eMemory and meditation twirled into a lovesong: \u003cb\u003eJon Hotten hits it out of the park\u003c\/b\u003e -- William Fiennes\u003cbr\u003eA collection of Jon Hotten's writing that is lively with insight and anecdote, and informed by the persona of the knowledgeable and fascinated practitioner… On amateur cricket Jon is alternately hilarious and poignant, but it's when he's in his almost-a-pro-yet-somehow-not-quite vein that he truly breaks out. He considers cricket's capacity for revealing us to ourselves. -- Gideon Haigh * Cric Info *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732897542487,"sku":"9780224100199","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780224100199.jpg?v=1719998859","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-meaning-of-cricket-or-how-to-waste-your-life-on-an-inconsequential-sport-9780224100199","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}