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The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind

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By (author): Ramachandra Guha

From one of Indias finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with cricket.

As a fan, player, writer, scholar, controversialist and administrator, Ram Guha has spent a life with cricket.

In this book, Guha offers both a brilliantly charming memoir and a charter of the life of cricket in India.

He traces the game across every level at which it is played: school, college, club, state and country. He offers vivid portraits of local heroes, provincial icons and international stars.

Following the narrative of his life intertwined and in love with the sport, Guha captures the magic of bat and ball that has ensnared billions.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 250g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 11 Nov 2021
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780008422547

About Ramachandra Guha

RAMACHANDRA GUHA was born and raised in the Himalayan foothills. He studied in Delhi and Kolkata and has lived for many years in Bengaluru. His many books include a pioneering environmental history The Unquiet Woods a landmark history of his country India after Gandhi and an authoritative biography of Mahatma Gandhi both volumes of which were chosen by the New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year. Having previously taught at Yale Stanford and the London School of Economics he is currently Distinguished University Professor at Krea University. Guhas awards include the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History the Howard Milton Award of the British Society for Sports History the R. K. Narayan Prize and the Fukuoka Prize. He is the recipient of a honorary doctorate in the humanities from Yale University.

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