Batting From Memory: An Autobiography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few cricketers have wielded both a bat and a pen with such equal distinction as Jack Fingleton, and Batting from Memory stands as the triumphant culmination of both careers. This candid and richly detailed autobiography chronicles the life of one of Australia's most courageous opening batsmen — a man who faced the fearsome pace of Bodyline without flinching — and traces his remarkable journey from the working-class streets of Sydney to the sun-drenched Test arenas of England, South Africa, and beyond. With a foreword by the celebrated broadcaster Michael Parkinson, the book presents an insider's view of cricket's golden era, populated by giants such as Bradman, Larwood, and O'Reilly, rendered with the sharp eye of a man who was both participant and journalist. Fingleton's prose is animated by a wit as dry as an Adelaide pitch in midsummer, and his recollections carry the authority of someone who never shied away from controversy — on or off the field. Batting from Memory is more than a sporting memoir; it is a vivid social document that illuminates the politics, personalities, and passions of mid-twentieth-century cricket, arguing implicitly that the game is a mirror of the societies that play it. Written with the seasoned craft of a man who spent decades as one of Australia's most respected cricket correspondents, this autobiography leaves the reader with an insatiable curiosity about the man behind the innings — and the stories he may have chosen to keep to himself.
Author: Jack Fingleton
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few cricketers have wielded both a bat and a pen with such equal distinction as Jack Fingleton, and Batting from Memory stands as the triumphant culmination of both careers. This candid and richly detailed autobiography chronicles the life of one of Australia's most courageous opening batsmen — a man who faced the fearsome pace of Bodyline without flinching — and traces his remarkable journey from the working-class streets of Sydney to the sun-drenched Test arenas of England, South Africa, and beyond. With a foreword by the celebrated broadcaster Michael Parkinson, the book presents an insider's view of cricket's golden era, populated by giants such as Bradman, Larwood, and O'Reilly, rendered with the sharp eye of a man who was both participant and journalist. Fingleton's prose is animated by a wit as dry as an Adelaide pitch in midsummer, and his recollections carry the authority of someone who never shied away from controversy — on or off the field. Batting from Memory is more than a sporting memoir; it is a vivid social document that illuminates the politics, personalities, and passions of mid-twentieth-century cricket, arguing implicitly that the game is a mirror of the societies that play it. Written with the seasoned craft of a man who spent decades as one of Australia's most respected cricket correspondents, this autobiography leaves the reader with an insatiable curiosity about the man behind the innings — and the stories he may have chosen to keep to himself.