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Rain Men by Marcus Berkmann (Paperback, 1996)

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There are many cricket books, and they are all the same. 'Don't Tell Goochie', autobiographical insights of nights on the tiles in Delhi with Lambie and the boys; 'Fruit cake days', a celebrated humourist recalls 'ball' - related banter of yore; and Wisden, a deadly weapon when combined with a thermos flask. Rain Men is different. Like the moment the genius of Richie Benaud first revealed itself to you, it is a cricketing epiphany, a landmark in the literature of the game. Shining the light meter of reason into cricket's incomparable madness, Marcus Berkmann illuminates all the obsessions and disappointments that the dedicated fan and pathologically hopeful clubman suffers year after year - the ritual humiliation of England's middle order, the partially-sighted umpires, the battling average that reads more like a shoe size. As satisfying as a perfectly timed cover drive, and rather easier to come by, Rain Men offers essential justification for anyone who has ever run a team-mate out on purpose or secretly blubbed at a video of Botham's Ashes.

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Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN-13
9780349107424
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88500911

Product Key Features

Book Title
Rain Men
Author
Marcus Berkmann
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Sports
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Item Height
197mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
190g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Marcus Berkmann
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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by cjlan-425 Mar, 2021
Funny, very true to life and a book you hate to finish, but you can always read it again. I did.
If you love Cricket and have ever played Village Cricket this will have you in stitches. It will conjure up memories for sure. All been there seen it, done it. As for comments about the pro game Marcus puts into words what us mere mortals were thinking but our command of the English language held us back with just a few expletives. Mind you he uses a few.
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by johnpconnor1201...25 Sep, 2019
Oh how true!
I am 57 and still play cricket. This book is fact!
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