{"product_id":"being-geoffrey-boycott-1","title":"Being Geoffrey Boycott","description":"When the first lockdown came, finding himself without cricket for the first time in his \nlife, Geoffrey Boycott sat down and began to write a retrospective warts-and-all diary of each of his Test \nmatch appearances. It is illuminating and unsparing, characterised by Boycott’s astonishing memory, \nfamous forthrightness and unvarnished, sometimes lacerating, honesty. That 100,000 word document \nforms the basis for Being Geoffrey Boycott, a device that takes the reader inside Geoffrey’s head and back \nthrough cricket history, presenting a unique portrait of the internal and external forces that compelled \nhim from a pit village in Yorkshire to the pinnacle of the world game. \nNow 81 and still one of the most recognisable cricketers England has ever produced, Boycott has teamed \nup with award-winning author Jon Hotten in this catalogue of his tumultuous time with the national \nside. Dropped for scoring a slow double hundred, making himself unavailable to play for England for \nseveral years, captain for eight seasons of a group of strong, stroppy and extremely talented players \nat Yorkshire, bringing up his hundredth hundred at Headingley against the Old Enemy, seeing David \nGower and Ian Botham emerge as future greats, playing under Mike Brearley in the 1981 Ashes, in \nthis enlightening book Boycott reveals a host of never-before-heard details regarding his peers and his \nplaying days.","brand":"Trinorth Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224293429592,"sku":"9781915237255","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781915237255_b3f82702-49a4-4341-87ea-d69b01df165c.jpg?v=1764731737","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/being-geoffrey-boycott-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}